Shield Bug Stenozygum miniatulum Distant, 1900
Fauna Portal species: 11758
Stenozygum miniatulum female, dorsal (HBI N30297-10; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4967Diagnosis
Stenozygum miniatulum differs from the other species in the genus in Australia, S. meridionale, by having the third antennal segments longer than the fifth (Ahmad & Khan 1983).
Status
- native
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1983): A revision of the genus Stenozygum Fieber (Pentatomidae: Strachini) from the Oriental and Australian regions, with reference to zoogeography and phylogeny. Australian Journal of Zoology. 31: 581 - 605