Pale Assassin Bug S1, Male, ventral | Small Thread-legged Assassin Bug Dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | True Bugs (Hemiptera) | ||||
Family: | Assassin Bug (Cimicomorpha, Reduviidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Pale Assassin Bug (Perissopygocoris pallidus) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S2, Male, ventral🔎 | ||||
Synonym: | Perissopygocoris pallidum | ||||
Thank you Danilo Lüdke for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: ~11.5mm long. Predominately pale brown with darker brown patches. Has hairy antennae & a "spine", or projection, eminating from the scutellum. | |||||
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