Shield Bug
Everardia
FP-11624
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal species: 11624
Everardia FP-11624 male, dorsal (HBI N27170-5; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3154Diagnosis
The colour pattern of Everardia FP-11624 varies slightly from the only described species of the genus, E. picta. Therefore, this species may simply be a colour variation of the latter, for example illustrated in Gross (1976).
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- 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