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 genus Hackerobrachys (family Eurybrachidae) is a group of planthoppers that only has one species, Hackerobrachys viridiventris.
The genus Hackerobrachys takes the first part of the name from Henry Hacker, who was an entomologist who had studied Australian eurybrachids. The second part of Hackerobrachys — “brachys”, from the Greek word meaning “short”. The species name “viridiventris” is Latin for “green belly” in reference to the colour of the abdomen and the face.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
- Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
- Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
- Family: Eurybrachidae
- Tribe: Platybrachini
- Genus: Hackerobrachys
- Species: Hackerobrachys viridiventris
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Many thanks to Ross Coupland for ID, member of Amateur Entomology Australia, https://www.facebook.com/groups/476897096018877/
- Hackerobrachys viridiventris (Stål, 1863), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6b4f7ed0-8b5e-4b30-b158-6bbb2799392c
- Hackerobrachys viridiventris, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/840613-Hackerobrachys-viridiventris
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
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