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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	True Bugs (Hemiptera)
	Family:	Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Sharp Shield Bug (Kapunda troughtoni)
	This Photo:	S2, Female, ventral
	Thank you Dr Mallik Malipatil for identifying and Danilo Lüdke for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: From ~4.5mm to ~6mm long. This genus has a distinctively blunt snout for a shield bug; with relatively short antennae that come from under the snout, not the side or front like most others.
	Copyright © 2016-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 26-Oct-2016
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.