Complete Shield Bug
Cuspicona
intacta
Discoverer: Walker, 1868
Fauna Portal species: 13800
Cuspicona intacta male, dorsal (HBI N35129-28; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
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(after Gross 1975): Cuspicona intacta is the first species of a purely Australian grouping of species of Cuspicona in which the head is strongly triangular and apically rather acuminate, making it appear quite long. Most members of this group of species have been captured in dry to arid regions. Cuspicona intacta differs from the others in this group by the scattered black spots on the dorsal surface and the characteristic shapes of the hind margins of the male pygophore and female first gonocoxae.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Holotype, unknown sex, "Australia"; supposed to be in the Museum Victoria, but apparently lost (Gross 1975).
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1976): Handbook of the flora and fauna of South Australia. Plant-feeding and other bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia - Part 2. Handbooks Committee, South Australian Government, Adelaide, 251 - 501