Brown Bean Bug Melanacanthus scutellaris (Dallas, 1852)
Fauna Portal species: 997
Melanacanthus scutellaris female, dorsal (HBI N3458-6; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5252Diagnosis
(after Distant 1911): Differs from Melanacanthum margineguttatus by the less spotted convexivum, different coloured markings throughout and the less distinctly raised and wrinkled posterior edge of the pronotum.
Females of this species have a less distinct lateral light band and comparatively slimmer hind coxae. On Barrow Island, all females also have a white edge anteriorly on the fore wing.
Status
- native
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1911): Rhynchotal notes LV. Australian Coreidae and Berytidae. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology Vol. 7. 8: 576 - 586