Gold Coast Bugs (Hemiptera & Heteroptera)Assassin Bug (Pristhesancus plagipennis) Common Milkweed Bug (Arocatus rusticus) Cotton Harlequin Bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus) Eucalyptus Tip-wilting Bug (Amorbus alternatus) Green Jewel Bug (Lampromicra senator) Green-faced Wattle Hopper (Hackerobrachys viridiventris) Mallotus Harlequin Bug (Cantao parentum) Orange Assassin Bug (Gminatus australis) Red Spiny Assassin Bug (Scipinia arenacea) Shield Bug (Antestiopsis cederwaldi)
The order Hemiptera is sometimes referred to as “true bugs”, a term that also applys to the suborder Heteroptera. The Hemiptera comprise over 80,000 species that includes commonly named groups such as cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs.
The suborder Heteroptera are a group within the order Hemiptera, of some 40,000 species of insects. This group are also referred to as “true bugs”, which is used to describe the order Hemiptera.
Heteroptera comes from the Greek for “different wings”, as most species of this group have forewings with both membranous and hardened portions (called hemelytra, elytra, or tegmina). The hemelytra (plural), is the modified forewings, that is thick and cornified (horny) at the base, and membranous at the apex (tips). At rest the forewings are folded over the hindwings.
True Bugs (Hemitera)
True Bugs (Heteroptera)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
- Suborder: Coleorrhyncha (Moss Bugs)
- Suborder: Heteroptera (True Bugs)
- Suborder: Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Infraorder
- Cimicomorpha
- Dipsocoromorpha
- Enicocephalomorpha
- Gerromorpha
- Leptopodomorpha
- Nepomorpha
- Pentatomomorpha
- Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
- Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
- Family: Scutelleridae
- Subfamily: Scutellerinae
- Genus: Cantao
- Species: Cantao parentum
- Genus: Lampromicra
- Species: Lampromicra senator
- Family: Pentatomidae
- Subfamily: Asopinae
- Genus: Asopinae
- Species: Amyotea hamata
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborders: Heteroptera
- Infraorder:
- Cimicomorpha
- Dipsocoromorpha
- Enicocephalomorpha
- Gerromorpha
- Leptopodomorpha
- Nepomorpha
- Pentatomomorpha
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Heteroptera, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b809bc05-d1c2-4664-8727-cc6493b7a3cd
- Cantao parentum (White, 1839), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https:/biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/394deb7b-6156-46c4-a5ef-36808ce265ee
Gold Coast Bugs (Hemiptera & Heteroptera)Assassin Bug (Pristhesancus plagipennis) Common Milkweed Bug (Arocatus rusticus) Cotton Harlequin Bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus) Eucalyptus Tip-wilting Bug (Amorbus alternatus) Green Jewel Bug (Lampromicra senator) Green-faced Wattle Hopper (Hackerobrachys viridiventris) Mallotus Harlequin Bug (Cantao parentum) Orange Assassin Bug (Gminatus australis) Red Spiny Assassin Bug (Scipinia arenacea) Shield Bug (Antestiopsis cederwaldi)
Gold Coast InsectsAntlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) Ants Bees Beetles Bugs (Hemiptera & Heteroptera) Buterflies & Moths Flies (Diptera) Wasps
QueenslandGold Coast Region Lamington National Park Southern Downs QLD