Black & White Seed Bug: S1, Femur Spurs & Spines

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

True Bugs (Hemiptera)

Family:

Seed Bug (Lygaeoidea, Rhyparochromidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Black & White Seed Bug (Dieuches nudus)

This Photo:

S1, Femur Spurs & Spines

Other name:

Black and White Seed Bug

Thank you Prof Előd Kondorosy for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~9mm long. 4 segmented antennae, with wings are shorter than the body.
Note the large spur, along with other smaller spines, under each front femur (thigh).
Both lost the end of one of their legs.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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