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- The bugs in the tribe Halyini have the typical shield shape body. They are
usually from brown to dark brown in colour, with triangular-shaped
scutellum.
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- There are quite a number of different genera Halyini shield bugs in Brisbane Eucalyptus
forest. Most of them are the typical shield-shaped and look similar. They include
the genera
Alcaeus, Dippilana, Poecilometis,
Theseus,
Anchines, Bathrus,
Accarana,
Austromalaya and Platycoris.
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- Following listed the bugs in this tribe that we found in Brisbane so far;
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- Genera Alcaeus - This genera
resemble the Poecilometis genera, however, its front wings membrane
veins is reticulate instead of linear. There are four species in this
genera, we found one in brisbane.
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- Genera Dippilana - looks
similar to Poecilometis, but can be distinguished by the presence
of four (appearing as five) antennal segments.
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- Genera Theseus
- We found one species in this genera. This species looks very similar to
the Shield Bug in genera Poecilometis except with
wings shorter than abdomen and the wing veins are different.
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- Genera Poecilometis -
Poecilometis stink bugs can be distinguished from other similar
genera by wings longer than abdomen, with wing veins linear and
mostly subparallel, and they have three to five antennal segments.
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- Genera Anchises
- looks similar to Poecilometis, but can be distinguished by
the wing veins. There is only one Australian species in Genera Anchises.
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- Genera Bathrus - The bug
looks similar to Poecilometis, but can be distinguished by the wing
vein. There is only one Australian species in Genera Bathrus.
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- Genera Accarana - There is only
one Australian species in Genera Accarana. The bug was brown in
colour with metallic green spots on connexiva.
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- Genera Austromalaya
- This shield bug looks very similar to the shield Bug in genera Poecilometis.
We distinguished it by its wing veins.
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- Genera Platycoris - The
stink bug has a round and thick body, brown in colour with typical stick
bug colour pattern. There is eight Australian species in Genera Platycoris.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 508.
- 2. Stink
Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys, Australian Museum online 2003.
- 3. Halyini
- Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and
Heritage, Commonwealth of Australia 2005.
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