Shield Bug
Pseudaelia
FP-3460
Discoverer: M.L. Moir
Fauna Portal species: 3460
Pseudaelia FP-3460 male, dorsal (HBI N3948-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1237Diagnosis
Amongst the Pseudaelia species of Barrow Island (Western Australia), Pseudaelia FP-3460 differs by the distinct light median band dorsally. It is also very similar, or might be the same as, P. rectimargo as illustrated in Gross (1975).
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1975): Handbook of the flora and fauna of South Australia. Plant-feeding and other bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera - Part 1. Handbooks Committee, South Australian Government, Adelaide. 1 - 250