<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alydidae" class="extiw" title="w:Alydidae">Alydidae</a>, commonly known as broad-headed bugs, is a family of true bugs very similar to the closely related <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coreidae" class="extiw" title="w:Coreidae">Coreidae</a> (leaf-footed bugs and relatives).
<p>Alydidae are generally of dusky or blackish coloration. The upperside of the abdomen is usually bright orange-red. this color patch is normally not visible as it is covered by the wings; it can be exposed, perhaps to warn would-be predators of these animals' noxiousness: They frequently have scent glands that produce a stink considered to be worse than that of true stink bugs (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomidae" class="extiw" title="w:Pentatomidae">Pentatomidae</a>). The stink is said to smell similar to a bad case of halitosis.
</p><p>This is probably a <i>Riptortus</i> species. 
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Taken at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadavoor" class="extiw" title="w:Kadavoor">Kadavoor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" class="extiw" title="w:Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" class="extiw" title="w:India">India</a>.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jkadavoor" title="User:Jkadavoor">Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India</a>
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