Dubatolov V.V.1,2,3, Zinchenko V.K.1,2 2024. Is the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus (Linnaeus, 1771), (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) a native species in Sakhalin and Kunashir Islands? // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.23. No.5: 295–296 [in English].
1 Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Str. 11, Novosibirsk 630091 Russia. E-mail: vvdubat@mail.ru ; vzscar@yandex.ru
2 Federal State Institution “Kurilsky State Nature Reserve”, Zarechnaya Str. 5, Sakhalinskaya Oblast, Yuzhno-Kurilsk 694500 Russia.
3 Federal State Institution “Zapovednoe Priamurye”, Yubileinaya Str. 8, Khabarovskii Krai, Bychikha 680502 Russia.
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.23.05.10
ABSTRACT. The Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus (Linnaeus, 1771) was newly collected in the Kunashir Island, at its western bank, in Early September 2024. Its status in Russia is discussed.
KEY WORDS: Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus, Kunashir, new records.