Pod-sucking Bug, Bean Bug
Riptortus macleani
14.33, 121.09
Field Notes
Description:
Riptortus macleani Schaffner, 1963, family Alydidae, subfamily Alydinae, is called a Pod-sucking Bug or a Bean Bug. Its body length is about 2cm. It is brown with white-yellowish lines running along each side of its body. Its body is slim and narrower in the middle, with a sharp spine on each side of the thorax. It has strong spiny hind legs.
Alydidae Amyot & Serville, 1843, commonly known as broad-headed bugs, is a family of true bugs very similar to the closely related Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs and relatives).
Habitat:
Backyard, spotted on the pod of the Dwarf Poinciana plant, Caesalpinia pulcherrima.
Notes:
Reference:
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_bugs/PodSucking.htm
http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Minibeast-Bug/Riptortus%20pedestris/Main.ht…
http://coreoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=118…
http://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/Datasheet.aspx?dsid=47644
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hellomumu/15577426647
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/pdf/iom7-7cor.pdf
http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3685&context=rtd
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