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Species Banasa calva

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Pentatominae
Tribe Pentatomini
Genus Banasa
Species calva (Banasa calva)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
described in 1832 by Say, who originally placed it in genus Pentatoma
Identification
Brown with a distinctive two-toned pronotum, and it has black spots on the side of its abdomen. (1) Dividing line on pronotum has small tooth or notch at mid-point.
Food
apparently associated with Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
See Also
Banasa dimiata is reddish-brown and green (not two-toned brown), and dividing line on pronotum lacks small tooth or notch at mid-point
Print References
Marshall (1): photo and caption on page 112
Internet References
live photos (Dorothy Pugh, North Carolina)
plant association (discoverlifeinamerica.org)
author, date, and original genus (nearctica.com)
Works Cited
1.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
By Stephen A. Marshall
Contributed by tom murray on 31 December, 2007 - 4:50pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Brad Barnd
Last updated 12 March, 2008 - 8:29pm

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