Pnirsus cinctipes
4 Leg-banded assassin bug at Kambah, ACT
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| Pnirsus cinctipes | KimPullen | 9 Jul 2017 | |
| Pnirsus cinctipes | KimPullen | 9 Jul 2017 | |
| Reduviidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 9 Jul 2017 | |
| Unverified | HarveyPerkins | 4 Feb 2017 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
10 Jul 2017
This is a distinctive looking species, with its black yellow banded legs but there are no other ACT records within the Atlas of Living Australia. The nearest records are Albury and Sydney.
1 comment
9 Feb 2017
The large curved proboscis suggest this is an assassin bug, but I don't know which one
Location information
- Coordinates 149.036704-35.393664
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Dec 2009 06:24 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Significant Featured Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pnirsus cinctipes
Species information
- Pnirsus cinctipes Scientific name
- Leg-banded assassin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 667.24m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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4 / 7
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