Sighting 3344858
Scutiphora pedicellata
Metallic Jewel Bug at Isaacs, ACT
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| Scutiphora pedicellata | MichaelBedingfield | 12 Aug 2016 | |
| Unverified | galah681 | 12 Aug 2016 |
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4 comments
13 Aug 2016
Not a beetle but a jewel bug, Scutiphora pedicellata, Scutelleridae. See page 156 of my book. For difference between bugs and beetles see my book page 30
13 Aug 2016
Roger, I have put this in the sub-category for Shield bugs, but do you want a separate sub-category for jewel bugs too?
14 Aug 2016
Michael, Jewel bugs are not a sub category of shield bugs but an equivalent family, Scutelleridae. Unless you want to add another group to true bugs I suggest including them in 'other bugs' at this stage. Stink or crusader bugs belong to the family Coreidae including Mictus and Amorbus. Other stink bugs belong to the family Tessaratomidae, but only one species is common localy, namely Musgraveia, so this could go in 'other bugs'. There are many other families of true bugs whose species will be submitted as the season progresses and we will have to decide how to deal with these on the day.
14 Aug 2016
For the purpose of clarity, I have added another sub-category to True bugs, with the name Jewel bugs, and put the species in there.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108631-35.360939
- Places Isaacs, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Nov 2006 10:47 AM Recorded on
- galah681 Recorded by
Collections
- galah681 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Scutiphora pedicellata Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Scutiphora pedicellata Scientific name
- Metallic Jewel Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2157.42m Recorded at altitude
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