Lyramorpha rosea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Tessaratomidae |
| Genus: | Lyramorpha |
| Species: | L. rosea
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| Binomial name | |
| Lyramorpha rosea Westwood, 1837
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Lyramorpha rosea, commonly known as the lychee stink bug, is a species of stink bug in the family Tessaratomidae. It is found in eastern Australia.[1]
Description
[edit]According to the original species description by Westwood, L. rosea has legs and antennae pink (rosea in the original Latin), the margins of the thorax and hemelytra are bronze, and the underside of the body is greenish-yellow.[2]
The body length, also according to the original description, is 11 lines.[2] In entomology, a line is equal to one-twelfth of an inch,[3] so this is equivalent to a length of ~0.917 inches or ~2.328 centimetres.
Diet
[edit]Lyramorpha rosea feeds on plants in the family Sapindaceae. Its native host plants are in the genera Alectryon, Atalaya, Cupaniopsis and Guioa. It also feeds on the exotic lychee (Litchi chinensis). There are records of it on plants in other families, but these require confirmation.[4]
Behaviour
[edit]Females brood their eggs, in clutches of up to 42, until they hatch.[5]
Gallery
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Nymphs of different stages -
Pinned specimen, dorsal view -
Pinned specimen, ventral view
References
[edit]- ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Lyramorpha (Lyramorpha) rosea (Litchi Stink Bug)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ a b Hope, F. W.; Westwood, J. O. (1837). A catalogue of Hemiptera in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope ... with short Latin descriptions of the new species. London: Printed by J. C. Bridgewater. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.12424.
- ^ "EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN ENTOMOLOGY". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ Monteith, G. B. (2011). "Maternal care, food plants and distribution of Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tessaratomidae)". The Australian Entomologist. 38 (1): 37–48.
- ^ Monteith, G. B. (2006). "Maternal care in Australian oncomerine shield bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera, Tessaratomidae)" (PDF). Denisia. 19: 1135–1152.