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black bean bug

Brachyplatys sp.

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

Superficially these insects resemble beetles but they are actually shield bugs in the Family Plataspidae or Plataspididae. See http://eol.org/pages/2645348/overview. PROVISIONALLY, "black bean bugs." Brachyplatys sp. See http://www.pestnet.org/SummariesofMessages/Pests/PesttaxonomyIDs/Identi… AND http://www.faperta.ugm.ac.id/perlintan2005/fos_02.htm Another possible genus is Coptosoma http://eol.org/pages/3741324/overview

Habitat:

This spotting on house terrace in coastal zone village (surrounded by ocean beach, sago swamp and disturbed forest).

Reference Links:

Plataspidae - Overview, Animalia Photography: Brachyplatys

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Scott Frazier
The FOBI website of Indonesian wildlife spottings has some photos of Brachyplatys and perhaps Coptosoma but that site seems to have gone off line so can't check there. These links make me open to Brachyplatys http://www.pestnet.org/SummariesofMessages/Pests/PesttaxonomyIDs/Identificationsdatabases/CookIsBiodiversitydatabase.aspx AND http://www.faperta.ugm.ac.id/perlintan2005/fos_02.htm

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PublishedAugust 8, 2013

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