Dindymus sp.
Dindymus is Old World genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae. They are often confused with bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but can be distinguished by the lack of ocelli on the head. Several species in the genus are beneficial predators, including D. rubiginosus, D. pulcher. and D. pyrochrous, but one species (D. versicolor) is a minor plant pest
Similar species: True Bugs
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Uploaded Sep 11, 2019. Captured May 17, 2012 15:24 in Unnamed Road, 91000 Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.
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This might well be Dindymus albicornis, that is known from Malaysia, but I also see some images of a "Dindymus pulcher" on the internet that look very similar, but as always we have to be careful about misidentifications being propagated by people looking at misnamed images of other people. At least it should warrant some closer look at the origin of both names an possibly original descriptions and/or trying to find a key. I don't have the time for this right now, but this is the direction you should be looking in.
Cheers, Arp
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