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, Xylotrupes gideon (Linnaeus): 1. Som plantation, Persea bombycina Kost shows highlighting beetle feeding, 2. Beetle feeding on trunk, 3. Damage symptoms, 4. Group sitting on trunk during morning time after rain (one male and three female), 5. One male and one female, 6. Male lateral view, 7. Female hiding in litter.
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Xylotrupes gideon (Linnaeus) is belongs to the family Scarabaeidae in order Coleoptera was noticed feeding on Som plant, Persia bombycina Kost. (Lauraceae) during May to September, 2010 and analysis of literature indicates that this is the first record of X. gideon Linnaeus on Som plantation crop at Farm No. 3 and Farm No. 2, Central Muga Eri Resea...
