Pristhesancus plagipennis
Common Assassin Bug, Bee Killer Assassin Bug at Noosa Heads, QLD
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| Pristhesancus plagipennis | MichaelMulvaney | 15 Mar 2025 | |
| Pristhesancus plagipennis | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Nov 2020 | |
| Reduviidae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Nov 2020 | |
| Unverified | CaitlinW | 17 Nov 2020 |
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Possible assassin bug? Just chilling on the window of the holiday house I’m staying at.
4 comments
18 Nov 2020
We are based in Canberra. Perhaps you could do a bit of internet surfing to ID this one to genus or species?
18 Nov 2020
I’m also based in Canberra and have almost no etymological knowledge — a friend with more has suggested pristhesancus plagipennis but she wasn’t confident of it based on my photo alone.
18 Nov 2020
From what I can find on ALA, Pristhesancus plagipennis is the most common of the Pristhesancus genus. See:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e25f9b37-5501-4494-a1f7-a55dd22f01ee#classification. Also:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1aa7543e-6e61-4b3c-a244-7de1356c9568. Gallery:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1aa7543e-6e61-4b3c-a244-7de1356c9568#gallery The photo by geoffbyrne looks very close except for the colouring.
Location information
- Coordinates 153.098053-26.385436
- Altitude 37.1m
- Places Noosa Heads, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Nov 2020 04:06 AM Recorded on
- CaitlinW Recorded by
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- CaitlinW NatureMapr Pristhesancus plagipennis Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Pristhesancus plagipennis Scientific name
- Common Assassin Bug, Bee Killer Assassin Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1370.01m Recorded at altitude
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