Gum-tree Shield Bug
S6, 3 Segment Anteanna
Flinders Ranges
Brown Stink Bug
S1, anterior
 
                      
Brown Stink Bug (Oncocoris apicalis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Brown Stink Bug (Oncocoris apicalis)
This Photo:     🔍S1, dorsal🔎

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

General Species Information:
Found in the Flinders Ranges and possibly elsewhere
Initially we thought this was Gum Tree Shield Bug (Theseus modestus), but when reviewing to post here we realised it didn't look right and that it was too small.
Apart from size, this is also squatter (shorter compared with width) than T. modestus. So hunted thru Gross' volumes and found this species.

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