HeteropteraHeteroptera Index Amyotea hamata (Yellow Predatory Shield Bug) Choerocoris paganus (Red Jewel Bug) Hyocephalus aprugnus Ippatha australiensis Leptocoris Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) 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 Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) 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 Moths Neuroptera Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub
