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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 » Banasa dimidiata

Species Banasa dimidiata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

Banasa species - dimiata? - Banasa dimidiata

Stinkbug - Genus Banasa? - Banasa dimidiata

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 dimidiata (Banasa dimidiata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Banasa dimiata (Say 1832)

Say's original spelling was dimiata, but the emendation dimidiata is now accepted by American workers [see, e.g.,(1)]

Explanation of Names

Banasa dimidiata (Say 1832)

dimidiata = 'divided in half' (refers to the pronotal pattern)

Size

8.5‒11.0 mm(2)(3)

Range

transcontinental, BC‒NS to CA‒TX‒FL & Mex. - Map (4)(5)

Food

on wide variety of trees and shrubs(2), often on berries(6)

Life Cycle

Eggs & first instar nymphs

Internet References

North Dakota State University (7)

Works Cited

1.	The Pentatomidae, or stink bugs, of Kansas with a key to species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Packauskas R.J. 2012. Great Lakes Entomologist 45: 210-219.

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

3.	Heteroptera of Eastern North America W.S. Blatchley. 1926. The Nature Publishing Company.

4.	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.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	How to Know the True Bugs Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.

7.	Rider D. (2006-) Pentatomoidea home page

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 April, 2005 - 6:43am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 3 December, 2024 - 1:04pm

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