Stink Bugs - Subfamily Podopinae

Family Pentatomidae

This page contains pictures and information about Stink Bugs in Subfamily Podopinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

 

Gum Tree Bug

Protestrica sp., body length 12mm

 

We found this bug on gum tree trunk once in Alexandra Hill during early summer. The bug was small in size and dark brown in colour. Its U-shaped scutellum covered up to abdomen tip. We only found this bug once.

 

 

 

In a hot summer day in Karawatha Forest, we found the bug was attacking by ants on a gum tree trunk. 

 

Reference:

1. Stink Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys,  Australian Museum online 2003.

2. Protestrica - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Commonwealth of Australia 2005.

 

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Last updated: December 23, 2005.