Steganocerus multipunctatus

Steganocerus multipunctatus Thunberg 1783, or Ladybird Bug is a Sub-Saharan African member of the Hemiptera with a strong resemblance to a Ladybird. It is normally black with bright orange spots, but is quite variable in colour and may be brown without spots. It shares Müllerian mimicry with the Tortoise beetle Chiridopsis suffriani,[2] and a spider Paraplectana thorntoni.[3][4]

Steganocerus multipunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Scutelleridae
Genus:
Steganocerus
Species:
S. multipunctatus
Binomial name
Steganocerus multipunctatus
Thunberg, 1783
Synonyms
  • Cimex argus Fabricius 1787
  • Cimex rusticus Fabricius 1787
  • Cimex multipunctatus Thunberg 1788 [1]
  • Sphaerocoris adspersus Stål 1853
  • Sphaerocoris hamiferus Stål 1853
  • Sphaerocoris impluviatus Germar 1839
  • Sphaerocoris quadrinotata Westwood 1837
  • Sphaerocoris simplex Herrich-Schäffer 1836
  • Sphaerocoris simulans Stål 1858
  • Steganocerus machadoi Leston 1954

S. multipunctatus is one of the Rhynchota whose presence has been recorded on a wide range of indigenous plants and cultivated crops such as cotton.[5]

References
  1. Distant, W. L. "Rhynchota". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 19: 67–84. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1909.tb08561.x.
  2. http://ecoport.org/ep?Arthropod=135761&entityType=AR****&entityDisplayCategory=full
  3. http://www.sagr.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?p=233076
  4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/martie_rheeder/4394236015/
  5. http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19260500610.html;jsessionid=3A2214C8CB10B9790C8B4903A073D036
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