Talk:Oryctes rhinoceros

Latest comment: 9 months ago by ModernDayTrilobite in topic Requested move 28 February 2024

If someone is able to add the outcome of the UN research ... would help the article.Supcmd (talk) 11:16, 17 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 28 February 2024

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved to Oryctes rhinoceros. This discussion, though initially divided, converged to a consensus after the scientific name was identified as more common than any particular vernacular name. (closed by non-admin page mover) ModernDayTrilobite (talkcontribs) 15:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC)Reply


Asiatic rhinoceros beetleCoconut rhinoceros beetle – The name 'coconut rhinoceros beetle' is the preferred common name. Bernhard Zelazny (talk) 18:03, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Note: WikiProject Insects has been notified of this discussion. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 18:26, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • Move to Oryctes rhinoceros. While "coconut rhinoceros beetle" is more commonly used than "Asiatic rhinoceros beetle", the scientific name appears to be more commonly used than any vernacular name. Scientific name leads in Ngrams, and I get 1410 Google scholar results for "coconut rhinoceros beetle" and 7,180 for "Oryctes rhinoceros". Plantdrew (talk) 22:36, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Yes, I would strongly support this, and I would also move European rhinoceros beetle to Oryctes nasicornis. After all, the whole idea of scientific (Latin) names is to have a uniform, internationally accepted, standard naming system. Bernhard Zelazny (talk) 08:19, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
    I would also support a move to Oryctes rhinoceros - maybe this proposed move should be closed and a new one started, accordingly. I would actually be a bit more strongly in favor regarding the change to the European rhinoceros beetle article title, because that species has a massive list of subspecies and could very easily be subjected to a "splitting" into multiple species - which would all have the same common name (for example, "red palm weevil" also refers to more than one species, and the articles use scientific names to keep them straight). Dyanega (talk) 17:36, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
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