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 Red Spiny Assassin Bug (Scipinia arenacea), also commonly known as the Red Assassin Bug is a medium size bug, with strong spiny fore legs. They are orange to red in colour with black wings, with orange-red legs. They also have spines on the head and on pronotum (plate-like structure that covers all or part of the thorax). They are often observed as active fliers, flying between leaves looking for prey.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Infraorder: Cimicomorpha
- Superfamily: Reduvioidea
- Family: Reduviidae
- Subfamily: Harpacorinae
- Genus: Scipinia
- Species: Scipinia arenacea
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Scipinia arenacea Distant, 1903, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/548ba531-4e25-44ed-bc77-f088b86f7b80
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