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Identification history
| Pristhesancus plagipennis | 18 Nov 2020 | michaelb | ||
| Reduviidae (family) | 18 Nov 2020 | michaelb | ||
| Unidentified | 17 Nov 2020 | CaitlinW |
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Possible assassin bug? Just chilling on the window of the holiday house I’m staying at.
3 comments
michaelb
wrote:
18 Nov 2020
We are based in Canberra. Perhaps you could do a bit of internet surfing to ID this one to genus or species?
CaitlinW
wrote:
18 Nov 2020
I’m also based in Canberra and have almost no etymological knowledge — a friend with more has suggested pristhesancus plagipennis but she wasn’t confident of it based on my photo alone.
michaelb
wrote:
18 Nov 2020
From what I can find on ALA, Pristhesancus plagipennis is the most common of the Pristhesancus genus. See:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e25f9b37-5501-4494-a1f7-a55dd22f01ee#classification. Also:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1aa7543e-6e61-4b3c-a244-7de1356c9568. Gallery:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1aa7543e-6e61-4b3c-a244-7de1356c9568#gallery The photo by geoffbyrne looks very close except for the colouring.
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- 1 Abundance
- 16 Nov 2020 04:06 AM Recorded on
- CaitlinW Recorded by
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