Lampromicra senator

Lampromicra senator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Scutelleridae
Genus: Lampromicra
Species: L. senator
Binomial name
Lampromicra senator
(Fabricius, 1803)[1]

Lampromicra senator is an Australian species of insect in the family Scutelleridae.[1] commonly known as the green jewel bug.

Distribution

The species is found in the states of New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.[2]

this Lampromicra senator was observed mating with the exemplar of the species in Cairns, Australia
Jewel bugs feeding on a figtree leaf, Queensland

References

  1. 1 2 Kirkaldy, George Willis (1909). Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families,. Berlin: F.L. Dames. p. 299.
  2. "SPECIES:Lampromicra senator:mapView". Atlas of Living Australia. Ala.org.au. Retrieved 2017-10-21.


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