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Giant Stink Bug ♀

Pygoplatys longiceps

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Field Notes

Description:

Giant Stink Bug, reddish, about 20mm in length.

Pygoplatys longiceps (Tessaratomidae, Tessaratominae).

Habitat:

Makiling Botanic Gardens, a forest park of the Mt. Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (adjacent or within the UPLB-College of Forestry and Natural Resources), University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Laguna.

Notes:

Reference:
Female Pygoplatys longiceps - http://hemiptera-databases.com/cgi-bin/Tessaratomidae/tessaratomidae.pl…

Reference Links:

Tessaratomidae, Pygoplatys (Odontoteuchus) longiceps Stål, 1871

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