Large Backswimmer
S2, ventral
Ellura
Burrowing Bug
Adult, dorsal
 
                      
Burrowing Bug (Adrisa sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Shield Bug (Pentatomoidea, Cydnidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Burrowing Bug (Adrisa sp)
This Photo:     Nymph, dorsal

Thank you Danilo Lüdke for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
~9mm long
Danilo said "Adrisa simply has 4 antennal segments (3 visible from above) and the second (first visible) extremely long."

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.