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lychee giant stink bug

Tessaratoma papillosa

Photo by JordiPrats
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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

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It's a true bug (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

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