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Banasa calva
Species
Banasa calva
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
calva
(Banasa calva)
Explanation of Names
Banasa calva
(Say 1832)
calva
'bald'
Size
8.5‒12 mm
(
1
)
Identification
see
(
2
)
(
3
)
; older sources misleading, image-based identification from habitus shots alone barely possible
Range
transcontinental, BC‒NB to AZ‒TX‒FL & C.America
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4
)
Food
various trees and shrubs
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
2.
A review of the Nearctic species of the genus Banasa Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Thomas D.B., Yonke T.R. 1981. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 54: 233‒248.
3.
The Virginia species of Banasa, three decades later (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Hoffman R.L. 2005. Banisteria 25: 41‒44.
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.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 31 December, 2007 - 4:50pm
Additional contributions by
cotinis
,
Robin McLeod
,
Bbarnd
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 2 October, 2023 - 5:29pm