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Megacopta sp1

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Megacopta sp1

This observation is identified to the genus Megacopta, not to a confirmed species. GBIF places it in the family Plataspidae, within the order Hemiptera. True bugs are hemipterans with piercing-and-sucking mouthparts used to take in plant fluids or, in predatory species, animal prey.

Family
Plataspidae
Order
Hemiptera
Identification rank
Genus

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy