black beetle

noun6

1. •
   A black scarab beetle, later specifically the African black beetle (Heteronychus arator), a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.
2. •
   (UK) The oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), a large roach from the family Blattidae.

   • ‘I'm not afwaid of anything except black-beetles,’ said the Pussum […]. — 1921
3. •
   (New-Zealand) A similar roach native to New Zealand, of species Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae (syn. Platyzosteria novaeseelandia); the Māori bug.
4. •
   Any of various other species of beetle that are black in color.
5. •
   An Asiatic rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.
6. •
   A member of the European species Pterostichus nigrita (syn. Feronia nigrita).