Pilbara Bug Coridromius pilbarensis Tatarnic & Cassis, 2008
Fauna Portal species: 953
Coridromius pilbarensis female, dorsal (HBI N20066-4; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5369Diagnosis
(after Tatarnic & Cassis 2008): Coridromius pilbarensis is recognized by the following combination of characters: unique orange, brown, and yellow coloration; proepisternum unilobed; metanotum not prominently flared; posterior margin of pygophore biconvex, with prominent fold on left side forming U-shaped groove, with small apophysis on right margin of groove. Of the Australian species chenopoderis, monotocopsis and pilbarensis, the latter is the largest and generally most consistent in its coloration. Males are readily told by the small ventral apical process adjacent to the deep folded groove on the posterior margin of the pygophore, while females typically have a faintly greenish abdomen.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2008): Revision of the plant bug genus Coridromius Signoret (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 315: WEB