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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Pentatomini » Banasa » Juniper Stink Bug (Banasa euchlora)

Species Banasa euchlora - Juniper Stink Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited

Pentatomidae: Banasa euchlora? - Banasa euchlora

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

Genus Banasa

Species euchlora (Juniper Stink Bug)

Explanation of Names

Banasa euchlora Stål 1872

euchlora (G). 'truly green'

Size

9.0‒11.0 mm(1)

Identification

Separated from congeners by color and the large ivory calli in basal angles of scutellum(1)

nymphs

Range

QC‒ON‒FL to WA‒AZ to Mexico, Bermuda(2)

Food

on Juniperus spp. (Cupressaceae)(3)(4)

Life Cycle

Adults overwinter

Remarks

in VA, the most common pentatomid at UV lights(5)

Works Cited

1.	The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.

2.	A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records Rider, D.A. and Swanson, D.R. 2021. Zootaxa, 5015(1), 1–69.

3.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.

4.	Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat. Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.

5.	The Virginia species of Banasa, three decades later (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) Hoffman R.L. 2005. Banisteria 25: 41‒44.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 21 October, 2005 - 2:29pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 October, 2023 - 5:46pm

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