Protaetia pryeri oschimana

Basic information
Scientific name	Protaetia pryeri oschimana	Click to magnify
Common names
Higher taxon	Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeoidea, Coleoptera
Natural range	Amami Islands (Amamioshima, Kikaijima, Kakeromajima, Ukeshima, Yorojima, and Tokunoshima Is.)
Habitat	Forest.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Established on Hachijojima Is. (Izu Islands).
Origin	Japan.
Date	The first record on Hachijojima was in 1985.
Route	Accidental: Possibly hitchhiking on ornamental plants. There is a record of observation in a ship from Ogasawara (Bonin) to Hachijojima.
Impact	Potentially: Competition with native flower beetles. Native organism(s) affected: Protaetia orientalis submarmorea
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference	Notes
Fujioka (2001) A list of Japanese Lamellicornia. KOGANE Supplement. The Japanese Society of Scarabeoideans, Tokyo, Japan (in Jpn) Hachijo Visitor Center (2003-2009) Creatures on Hachijojima (Accessed on 2012-7-17) http://www.hachijo-vc.com/creature/ (in Jpn) Uéno et al. (1984) The Coleoptera of Japan in Color Vol. II. Hoikusha, Osaka (in Jpn) etc.	This species may have been increasing recently in Hachijojima.