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Jewel Shield bug

Chrysocoris patricius

Photo by m.prasad.369
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Field Notes

Description:

Length : ~1.1cm
Season : Rainy season
Time : 4.30pm 30Aug2021
Frequency : very rare
Life stage : adult

Habitat:

Spotted inside the car parking very close to open abandoned area with lot of plants

Notes:

Must be shield bug from Scutelleridae family. Looks like Chrysocoris purpureus? Experts confirmation is needed. Thanks in advance!

Reference Links:

Chrysocoris patricius · iNaturalist

Species ID Suggestions

Jewel Shield bug

Chrysocoris patricius

Reference Link
Ornithoptera80
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Comments (2)
m.prasad.369
Thanks for the suggestions Võ Anh Tuấn & Ornithoptera80. I see the comments are deleted by Võ Anh Tuấn, but reference has few interesting points (https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/REVISION-OF-THE-GENUS-CHRYSOCORIS-HAHN-(HEMIPTERA%3A-Parveen-Ramamurthy/1f1ad1ba53265721d3af48bbef564a57e2f3def8) only Scutellum matches to c. andamanensis but pronotum not matches to any of them. BTW, this paper is not validated properly by authors before being published. Pronotum pic - 3e missing; 3g & 3h are swapped. But this paper has got pretty good information. Thanks for sharing.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2021

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