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Tribe Pentatomini

Thyanta custator (Fabricius) - Thyanta custator brown stink bug - Thyanta custator Stink Bug female and  eggs - Banasa dimidiata - female Pentatomid - Banasa subcarnea Pentatomidae 3 - Thyanta custator Thyanta - female Stink Bug - Banasa calva might be Chinavia hilaris ? - Thyanta custator
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Pentatominae
Tribe Pentatomini
Numbers
ca. 30 spp. in 5 genera in our area(1); ~300 spp. in ~60 genera worldwide(2)
Identification
This tribe is difficult to define. Basically, after most other genera have been placed in other tribes, those remaining genera with spine or tubercle at the base of the abdomen have been placed in the Pentatomini, but the spine/tubercle also occurs in Menidini, some Nezarini, some Procleticini, etc. Banasa placement in the Pentatomini is tentative at best; it may be better suited in the Menidini(3)