Other Stink Bugs Species in Pentatominae

For those Pentatominae stink bugs we found only one species in their group, they are listed in this page.

There are five Australian species in this Genera.

Yellow-dotted Gum Tree Bug

Notius consputus, body length 15mm
Looking around a gum tree trunk always find some new bugs. This is another stink bug that we found wandering on a Gum tree trunk. We first saw it in late summer 2003 in Wishart. Its body is thick with many yellow dots on dark brown colour. Please check this page for more information.

There is only one Australian species in this Genera.

Horehound Bug

Agonoscelis rutila, body length 12mm
They are called Horehound bugs because they are usually found on the weed horehound. The bug is bright orange, with black marks on the upper and lower surfaces of the body. Click on here for more information.

There are four Australian species in this Genera.

Dry Nut Stink Bug

Spermatodes parvus, body length 10mm
We found this bug once in Karawatha Forest during late summer. It was hiding on a dry stem tip among dry leaves and hard to be noticed. The bug is brown in colour. It has a very large scutellum which covered almost all its back. There are the recess areas on each side of its back. More information and pictures can be found in this page.

Tribe Menidini, Genera Aspideurus

There are two Australian species in this Genera. We found the Brisbane species. The other species A. quadrimaculatus is in NE Queensland.

Yellow Brown Stink bug

Aspideurus flavescens, body length 12mm
This bug has yellow patches on brown colour. The Scutellum is enlarged and in U-shaped. We have more information in this page.

Small Brown Shield Bug

Caystrus pallidolimbatus, body length 8mm
In mid summer we found this bug laying eggs on grass. We found some of them near by feeding on tall grasses near Bulimba Creek in Macgregor Bushland. More pictures and information can be found in this page.

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. Insect Reference Collection Database - Department of Agriculture Western Australia.