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 Orange Assassin Bug (Gminatus australis), in the family Reduviidae, is a species of true bug. It has orange-red body, red to black head, and black legs. The mouthparts are short, thick and curved. The Orange Assassin Bud is up to 1 cm in body length.
Its current range from observations on Atlas of Living Australia include south-western Western Australia, eastern mainland from Queensland to South Australia, Tasmania and a single observation in Central Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Infraorder: Cimicomorpha
- Superfamily: Reduvioidea
- Family: Reduviidae
- Subfamily: Harpactorinae
- Genus: Gminatus
- Species: Gminatus australis
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Assassin Bug, Gminatus australis (Erichson, 1842), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/21cd643a-bdca-4353-9d4c-63a27400ef0b
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