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Spined Stink Bugs - Tribe Rhynchocorini

We found five species of this tribe in Brisbane. 


Genera Biprorulus 

Spined Citrus Bug
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Biprorulus bibax, body length 20mm 
The Spined Citrus Bug feeds on the fruits of citrus trees. They make considerable damages on the fruits. We found a few of them on the citrus trees in Brisbane Botanic Garden in summer. More pictures and information please click here.
 

Genera Morna 

Red Green Spined Bug  
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Morna florens, body length 10mm 
This is one of the few insects that we found in mid-winter. This little green bug was hiding between the pine leaves. We found few of them easily on the same pine tree in Wishart bushland. The bugs are green colour with red spots on their head and back. They have the sharp spiny shoulder. We have more information and pictures in this page.
 

Genera Cuspicona 

There are 21 Australian species in this genera. Some are spined and some are not. There are usually yellow, green to pale brown. Some with dark brown bands.
 
Wild Tobacco Spined Bug
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Cuspicona forticornis, body length nymph 8mm, adult 12mm
This big is green with spined shoulder. It is closely resemble the Spined Citrus Bug above but a bit smaller. The green bug nymph was found near the Green Potato Bug adults but on the different plants. More information and pictures please click on here
 
 
Green Potato Bug
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Cuspicona simplex, body length nymph 8mm, adult 12mm 
The bugs were found on the weedy plant Solanacea (nightshades). Some of them were found on Wild Tobacco Solanum mauritianum. Please check this page for more information.
 
 
Blue Spined Bug
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Cuspicona sp., body length 12mm 
We found this one in Daisy Hill (Ford Road) on Lantana plant which has the blue spiny shoulder.  Could be the same genus but different species.
 
 

Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 509.
2. Stink Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys,  Australian Museum online 2003.
3. Rhynchocorini - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Commonwealth of Australia 2005.
4. Cuspicona Dallas, 1851 - by Gerry Cassis, Emma Betts and Michael Elliott, Stink Bugs, Fauna Net, Australian Museum 2002  

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