Banasa angulobata Thomas, 1990

María C. Melo, Gimena Dellapé, Leonela Olivera, Pablo S. Varela, Sara I. Montemayor & Pablo M. Dellapé, 2017, Diversity of true bugs from Iguazú National Park, Argentina, Check List 13 (5), pp. 479-511 : 498

Banasa angulobata Thomas, 1990 ( Fig. 39 )

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela ( Thomas and Yonke 1990).

Material examined. 1♂, 1-XI-2012, light trap, PNI0676 (MLP); 5♂ 8♀, 2-XI-2012, light trap, PNI0677- 89 (MLP); 1♂ 5♀, 29-X-2012, light trap, PNI0690-5 (MLP); 2♀, 30-X-2012, light trap, PNI0696-7 (MLP); 1♀, 8-XII-2013, light trap, G. Dellapé coll., PNI0698 (MLP).

Remarks. New country record.

This species can be easily distinguished from the other species of the genus by the shape of the pygophore in the males and the first gonocoxae in the females ( Thomas and Yonke 1990).

Figures

Figure 38–44. Pentatomoidea. 38. Peromatus sulcifer Berg, 1892. 39. Banasa angulobata Thomas, 1990, new country record. 40. Chinavia obstinata (Stål, 1860), new country record. 41. Loxa virescens Amyot & Serville, 1843. 42. Loxa viridis (Palisot de Beuvois, 1805). 43. Chelycoris lethierry (Montandon, 1895). 44. Symphylus ramivitta Walker, 1868.