Pink-rimmed Shield Bug
S1 Female, ventral
Ellura
Short Antennae Complex
S2, dorsal
 
                      
Short Antennae Complex (Kalkadoona confinis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Short Antennae Complex (Kalkadoona confinis)
This Photo:     S1, dorsal

Thank you Danilo Lüdke for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
Note here that these are VERY similar to Kalkadoona enchylaenae, but the 2nd antennal segment is considerably shorter.

Copyright © 2016-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Oct-2016
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.