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
ISSN1938-2901
AutoresDonald B. Thomas, T. R. Yonke,
Tópico(s)Research on scale insects
ResumoThe 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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