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Summary

Common Name

Bean bug

Scientific Name

Melanacanthus margineguttatus; the brown bean bug (or small brown bean bug), Melanacanthus scutellaris, is similar. It also attacks pulses. (Note, there is little information on Melanacanthus margineguttatus in the literature, mostly reports are on Melanacanthus scutellaris - a species native to Australia.)


 AUTHOR Grahame Jackson
1Information from Swaine G (1971) Agricultural Zoology in Fiji. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London; and Small brown bean bug Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland Government. (https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/plants/field-crops-and-pastures/broadacre-field-crops/integrated-pest-management/a-z-insect-pest-list/pod-sucking-bugs/small-brown-bean-bug). Photo 1. Coreoidea species file online. Melanacanthus margineguttatus Distant. The Leverhulme Trust. (http://coreoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1186292). Photos 2&3 The Beatsheet. Insect Pest Management for Australia's Northern Region. (http://thebeatsheet.com.au/resources/insect-identification/podsucking-bugs/bbsm/). Photo 3 Melanacanthus scutellaris (14528939742).jpg Wikimedia Common.(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melanacanthus_scutellaris_(14528939742).jpg).

Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project PC/2010/090: Strengthening integrated crop management research in the Pacific Islands in support of sustainable intensification of high-value crop production, implemented by the University of Queensland and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.



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