Assasin Bug Coranus granosus Stål, 1874
Fauna Portal species: 974
Coranus granosus, dorsal (HBI N2412-3; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: https://www.padil.gov.au/barrow-island/pest/142173
Fauna Portal Image No. 975Diagnosis
(after Malipatil 1986): Generally fuscous. Following light yellowish brown: antennae, median line between ocelli and behind eyes, lateral areas of anterior lobe of pronotum, apical upcurved area of scutellum, connexivum with posterior half of each segment, sparse irregular spots latero-ventrally on abdomen, irregular spots on femora, rings near base of tibiae. Membrane greyish with fuscous veins.
Body elongate ovate; body dorsally and appendages covered with minute granules in addition to grey silky hair, bristles born on granules.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1986): Revision of Australian Coranus Curtis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences. 3: 29 - 50