HeteropteraHeteroptera Index Amyotea hamata (Yellow Predatory Shield Bug) Choerocoris paganus (Red Jewel Bug) Hyocephalus aprugnus Ippatha australiensis Leptocoris Melanacanthus margineguttatus (Bean Bug) Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) Poecilometis strigatus Reduviidae Assassin Bugs Shield Bugs – Stink Bugs Tectocoris diophthalmus (Hibiscus Harlequin Bug)
— see Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies
This Pentatomoid Bug, belongs to the family Aphylidae, and are a small bug that is endemic to Australia. Also commonly known as a Shield Bug.
Having been rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, the Pentatomoid Bug flexed the transparent wings from under the elytra (most likely to dry them off).
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
- Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
- Family: Aphylidae
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Kimberi Pullen for ID, member of Australasian Beetles Only, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- APHYLIDAE, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/APHYLIDAE
- Family Aphylidae, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/464661-Aphylidae
HeteropteraHeteroptera Index Amyotea hamata (Yellow Predatory Shield Bug) Choerocoris paganus (Red Jewel Bug) Hyocephalus aprugnus Ippatha australiensis Leptocoris Melanacanthus margineguttatus (Bean Bug) Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) Poecilometis strigatus Reduviidae Assassin Bugs Shield Bugs – Stink Bugs Tectocoris diophthalmus (Hibiscus Harlequin Bug)
InsectsInsects Life Cycle… Bees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera Mantodea Moths Neuroptera Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub
