Black & White Seed Bug
S1, dorsal
Ellura
Black & White Seed Bug
S2, dorsal, close
 
                      
Black & White Seed Bug (Dieuches nudus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Seed Bug (Lygaeoidea, Rhyparochromidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black & White Seed Bug (Dieuches nudus)
This Photo:     S2, dorsal
Other name: Black and White Seed Bug

Thank you Prof Előd Kondorosy for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~9mm long. 4 segmented antennae, with wings are shorter than the body.
Note the large spur, along with other smaller spines, under each front femur (thigh).
Both lost the end of one of their legs.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 27-Nov-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.