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Pentatomidae - Banasa? - Podisus placidus
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Pentatomidae - Banasa? - Podisus placidus
Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
July 31, 2009
Size: 9 mm
Like Banasa sordida but mouthparts not extending to 3rd abdominal segment.

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Contributed by Kurt Schaefer on 3 December, 2009 - 4:45pm
Last updated 9 May, 2015 - 6:48pm

i would call it Podisus placidus; will have it expert-checked
the rather short robust proboscis says, predator --which, for an otherwise typical pentatomid, means, Asopinae

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 December, 2009 - 5:08pm

 
ID confirmed by D.B. Thomas: Podisus placidus
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… v belov, 4 December, 2009 - 9:15am

 
Thanks for the incite,
The spine on the 2nd abdominal segment fooled me into Banasa
… Kurt Schaefer, 3 December, 2009 - 7:55pm

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