Genus Banasa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Is this a stink bug nymph? - Banasa dimiata

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

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Stål, 1860. Name is, perhaps (perhaps!), a geographic reference to Banasa, Morocco (Internet searches).

Numbers

Neartica lists 11 North American species.

Size

less than 12 mm

Identification

Characters given in key leading to this genus (1):

2nd antennal segment 1/2 or less length of segment 5

length less than 12 mm

color typically green, often with dark markings

Remarks

CAVEAT: Any ID based on a photo should be considered provisional. --Dr. Donald B. Thomas, Jr.

Print References

Slater and Baranowski, pp. 49-50, fig. 69--B. dimidiata (1)

Internet References

Hoffman, 2005. The Virginia Species of Banasa. Banisteria 25: 41-44, available as a PDF--gives key to 5 species from Virginia

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 15 October, 2004 - 8:48am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 15 September, 2009 - 12:40pm

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