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black bean bug
Brachyplatys sp.
-1.89402, 138.766
Field Notes
Description:
Superficially these insects resemble beetles but thanks to Noah spotter input I am now calling these 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 vegetation in fence row in coastal zone village (near ocean beach, sago swamp and forest).
Notes:
These are the small bugs I find on the terrace furniture at my field base every morning as featured in previous spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7496553, but in a more natural setting here.
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