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)
The Melanacanthus margineguttatu is a member of the Broad-headed Bugs (family Alydidae, subfamily Alydinae), within the order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies), suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs), infraorder Pentatomomorpha.
This specimen was rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, Central Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
- Superfamily: Coreoidea
- Family: Alydidae
- Subfamily: Alydinae
- Genus: Melanacanthus
- Species: Melanacanthus margineguttatu
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Danilo Lüdke Curator for species ID (lehelind, iNaturalistAU), https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/310166029
- Melanacanthus margineguttatus Distant, 1911, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/89ed70a3-7cb2-47cb-bedd-d39808f27559
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
