Seed Bug, Swarming Bug Remaudiereana nigriceps (Dallas, 1852)
Fauna Portal species: 3617
Remaudiereana nigriceps male, dorsal (HBI N36104-21; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 15732Diagnosis
(after Milipatil 1978): Fore femora with a broad, complete fuscous ring within apical half; antennal segments 2 and 4 subequal; basal segment of labium usually ending well before base of head; dark brown t o castaneous insects.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Lectotype female, Hawai'i (as Sandwich Islands) Natural History Museum, London (as holotype in Malipatil 1978).
Australia
- Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- Indonesia
- New Caledonia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1978): Revision of the Myodochini (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series. 56: 1 - 178