Common Heterogastrid Bug Parathyginus acuminatus Malipatil, 2021
Fauna Portal species: 1013
Parathyginus acuminatus male, dorsal (HBI N25772-7; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: Alexander Greenhill (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 15760Diagnosis
(after Malipatil 2021): Head length subequal to pronotal length; male with a median pointed process on posterior margin of pygophore (visible in undissected specimen); usually inhabiting dry interior Australia.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2021):
Revision of Australian Parathyginus with description of two new species, along with first detailed description of aedeagus in the family Heterogastridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea).