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Bark bug (nymph)

Neuroctenus grandis

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Sharing a tiny crawl space with slaters, springtails and various other organisms, these strange bugs were about the size of a slater.

Habitat:

Exposed by MartinL between bark and wood on a recently fallen eucalyptus tree trunk. In a local nature reserve.

Notes:

Of the 1,200 Neuroctenus records in Australia only Neuroctenus grandis is found in Victoria. (11 times) <br> Adult form can be seen here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/34935070 <br>
order: HEMIPTERA <br>
suborder: HETEROPTERA <br>
infraorder: PENTATOMOMORPHA <br>
superfamily: ARADOIDEA <br>
family: ARADIDAE <br>
subfamily: Mezirinae <br>
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=462247 <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0f… <br>

Reference Links:

Aradidae, Neuroctenus | Atlas of Living Australia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Mark Ridgway
..it's definitely not tropical here doc... (brrr)
MartinL
Bayucca. I have read the text on this link very closely, (requiring the CTRL and + button to enlarge) Page 32 describes the range of handschini as being tropical and ranging south only to Proserpine Qld. Grandis is on page 26 and ranges through Victoria and the Dandenong Ranges, where we are. The maps on page 41 reflect this but are hard to read (squares look like triangles) I think I read them incorrectly. Cross referencing with ALA and Boldsystems seems to confirm this. http://biostor.org/reference/105278
bayucca
Hi guys. Martin still has his adults as Grandis, with a positive report for Handschinii in Victoria. So, is this one now Grandis or Handschinii?? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/34935070.
MartinL
Do we have two different instars maybe? Here is the reference I used to include N handschini http://biostor.org/reference/105278 After further perusal, I have accepted your sugestion. Thanks
Mark Ridgway
Martin you might want to recheck yours. Neuroctenus grandis looks the same and is recorded in Vic whereas N handschini is not. See BoldSystems link for pics.
Mark Ridgway
Yes I think nymphs.. I just found some similar in England.
MartinL
They are neat. Would you agree that they are nymphs? http://bugguide.net/node/view/351478/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/351479/bgimage http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/34935070

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Dandenong Ranges - fauna & flora
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Mission WILD

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PublishedJune 2, 2014

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