Artigo Revisado por pares

Review of the Genus Banasa (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in South America

1990; Oxford University Press; Volume: 83; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/aesa/83.4.657

ISSN

1938-2901

Autores

Donald B. Thomas, T. R. Yonke,

Tópico(s)

Research on scale insects

Resumo

The pentatomine genus Banasa Stål is reviewed. Diagnoses, illustrations, and keys for the identification of 46 species occurring in South America are provided. Thirty new species are described: dolorosa, angulobata, and bicarinata from Ecuador; paraexpallescens, obesa, fulgida, intromissa, saileri, cicatrica, robusta, and gynamagna from Venezuela; bochica from Colombia; lanceolata, nigrifrons, rondoni, roosevelti, formosa, vittata, dubia, sulcata, and fasciata from Brazil; testacea, uncinata, peruana, and inca from Peru; emarginata from Bolivia; variegata and protopanamensis from Surinam; and chaca from Argentina. A new name, aripuana, is proposed to replace Pentatoma basalis Walker, a junior homonym of P. basalis Dallas. Banasa pulchella Berg is placed in synonymy with Hellica nitida Haglund (Acanthosomatidae), and Banasa varians Stål and Rhaphigaster derivatus Walker are raised from synonymy with B. subrufescens Walker and are recognized as valid species.

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