Journal of Economic Entomology (2010) 103, 1135-1143

R.W. Mankin and A. Moore (2010)
Acoustic detection of Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) and Nasutitermes luzonicus (Isoptera: Termitidae) in palm trees in urban Guam
Journal of Economic Entomology 103 (4), 1135-1143
Abstract: Adult and larval Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) were acoustically detected in live and dead palm trees and logs in recently invaded areas of Guam, along with Nasutitermes luzonicus Oshima (Isoptera: Termitidae), and other small, sound-producing invertebrates and invertebrates. The low-frequency, long-duration sound-impulse trains produced by large, active O. rhinoceros and the higher frequency, shorter impulse trains produced by feeding N. luzonicus had distinctive spectral and temporal patterns that facilitated their identification and discrimination from background noise, as well as from roaches, earwigs, and other small sound-producing organisms present in the trees and logs The distinctiveness of the O. rhinoceros sounds enables current usage of acoustic detection as a tactic in Guam's ongoing O. rhinoceros eradication program.
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Database assignments for author(s): Richard W. Mankin, Aubrey Moore

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Oryctes rhinoceros	Coconut (Cocos nucifera)	Guam	Yes
	Pycnoscelus surinamensis	Coconut (Cocos nucifera)	Guam
	Brontispa palauensis	Coconut (Cocos nucifera)	Guam
	Nasutitermes luzonicus	Coconut (Cocos nucifera)	Guam