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Family Pentatomidae
This page contains pictures and information about Stink
Bugs in Subfamily Podopinae that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Gum Tree Bug
- Protestrica sp., body length 12mm
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- We found this bug on gum tree trunk once in Alexandra Hill during early
summer. The bug was small in size and dark brown in colour. Its U-shaped
scutellum covered up to abdomen tip. We only found this bug once.
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- In a hot summer day in Karawatha Forest, we found the bug was attacking by
ants on a gum tree trunk.
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- Reference:
- 1. Stink
Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys, Australian Museum online 2003.
- 2. Protestrica
- Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and
Heritage, Commonwealth of Australia 2005.
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