Shield Bug Cephaloplatus clementi Distant, 1910
Fauna Portal species: 4297
Cephaloplatus clementi male, dorsal (HBI N25639-2; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1286Diagnosis
(after Gross 1970): This species appears to be restricted to Western Australia. It is a ruddy brown species with a remarkably even colour pattern on the dorsal surface. It is the first in a series of species in the subgenus Cephaloplatus which have the lateral margins of the head produced into a small but conspicuous triangular process just in front of the eyes.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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Publications
(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