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Pod-sucking Bug
Riptortus macleani
15.4561, 119.921
Field Notes
Description:
Alydidae; Alydinae; Riptortus macleani Schaffner, 1963. This Pod-sucking Bug is about 2cm. long. It is brown with yellowish white stripes running along each side of its body. There is a sharp spine on each side of the thorax and it also has spines on the femora of its back legs..
Habitat:
This Pod-sucking Bug was spotted, in our backyard vegetable plot, on String beans (Vigna unguiculata), known as Sitaw, in the Philippines. Plant information from http://www.stuartxchange.org/Sitaw....
Notes:
Confirmation of its presence in the Philippines can be found in http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/pdf/iom7-7cor.pdf.....
Reference Links:
Riptortus - Wikipedia
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2024
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