Cheirotonus spp.

Basic information
Scientific name	Cheirotonus spp.	(No picture)
Common names	Beatles of the genus Cheirotonus
Higher taxon	Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeoidea, Coleoptera
Natural range	Taiwan, southern continental China, Indochina, and Tibet. Cheirotonus jambar occurs in Okinawajima Island, Japan.
Habitat	Forest

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Deliberately introduction (imported as pet), in past. There is no record of escape or establishment in Japan.
Impact	Potentially: Competition and hybridization with the native species C. jambar, when established in Okinawajima Island. Native organism(s) affected: A native species C. jambar.
Regulation in Japan	For this genus except C. jambar, import, transport and keeping in Japan are prohibited by the Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference	Notes
DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn) JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn) etc.