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
The Ippatha australiensis is a member of the stink bugs (family Pentatomidae), within the order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies), suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs).
This specimen was rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, Central Australia and placed on the foliage of a nearby rose bush.
In the following photo, you can see one of the brown memberous wings stuck to the outer-side of the elytra. It likely got stuck on top of the elytra when it fell in the swimming pool or when it attempted to fly out of the pool, the wing getting stuck from the water surface tension.
In the following series of photos, the Ippatha australiensis is stretching, flexing and fanning its wings, most likely to dry them out. Once dried, it then flew away.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
- Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
- Family: Pentatomidae
- Subfamily: Pentatominae
- Genus: Ippatha
- Species: Ippatha australiensis
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Matthew Connors for species ID, member of Australasian Beetles Only, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Ippatha australiensis Distant, 1910, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Ippatha australiensis
- Ippatha australiensis, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1045805-Ippatha-australiensis
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)
InsectsBees 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
