Sharp Shield Bug S1, Female, posterior | Dusky Plant Bug Dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | True Bugs (Hemiptera) | ||||
Family: | Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Sharp Shield Bug (Kapunda troughtoni) | ||||
This Photo: | S2, Female, ventral | ||||
Thank you Dr Mallik Malipatil for identifying and Danilo Lüdke for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: From ~4.5mm to ~6mm long. This genus has a distinctively blunt snout for a shield bug; with relatively short antennae that come from under the snout, not the side or front like most others. | |||||
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