Pilbara Bug Cephaloplatus FP-11673
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2023)

Fauna Portal species: 11673
Family: Pentatomidae


FP-11673

Cephaloplatus FP-11673 male, dorsal (HBI N26874-20; Pilbara, Western Australia)

Image: A. Greenhill (2023)

Fauna Portal Image No. 5399

Diagnosis

Cephaloplatus FP-11673 is very similar to Cephaloplatus spurcatus as illustrated in Gross (1970) and may be this species, although it has not been found in Western Australia based on that study. There are minor differences in the posterior edge of the pronotum, which form a more acute angle In C. spurcatus.

Status

  • native

Fauna Portal Reference

1 ♂
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Harry Butler Institute
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N26874-20
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18 June 2021
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Wyloo deposit, ca. 135 km W. of Tom Price
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invertebrate pitfall trap

Australia

  • Western Australia

Fauna Portal Records

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Publications

Gross G.F. (1970): A revision of the Australian pentatomid bugs of the genus Cephaloplatus White (Hemiptera - Pentatomidae - Pentatominea). Records of the South Australian Museum. 16: 1 - 58


Volker Framenau, 24 March 2023