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lychee giant stink bug
Tessaratoma papillosa
-8.79958, 115.239
Field Notes
Description:
About 40mm in lenght with elongate body is one of the largest shield bugs, light brown at back and white abdomen, small and triangular head with red eyes, antennae with 4 segments, triangular scutellum. Like all hemipterans possess a piercing-sucking mouthpart for feeding.
Habitat:
Spotted at Nusa Dua, Bal, Indonesia, coastal area
Notes:
Kingdom: Animalia Clade: Euarthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Suborder: Heteroptera Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha Superfamily: Pentatomoidea Family: Tessaratomidae Genus: Tessaratoma papillosa
Reference Links:
Tessaratomidae - Wikipedia
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PublishedAugust 22, 2015
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