Banasa packardii Stål, 1872

Rider, David A. & Swanson, Daniel R., 2021, A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records, Zootaxa 5015 (1), pp. 1-69 : 42

Banasa packardii Stål, 1872

New state records: California: Alameda Co.: Oakland, Roberts Recreation Area , 11-IV-1986, A. Peters (1♀ MSUC) . New Mexico: Grant Co.: City of Rocks State Park , 31-VII-1989, R . L. Fischer (1♂ MSUC) . Texas: [Brewster Co.]: Chisos Mtns., Big Bend Natl. Pk. , 5-6-IX-1952, B. Malkin (1♂ DAR); Green Gulch, Big Bend Natl. Pk., 5700 ft., 24-VII-1968, J. E. Hafernik, det. L. H. Rolston 1970 (1♀ DAR) . Jeff Davis Co.: Davis Mtns. St. Pk., 2-VII-1961, R . H. Arnett, Jr. & E. Van Tassell (1♂ DAR) .

Distribution: United States:AZ, CA, FL, GA, LA, NC, NJ ( Smith 1900, Van Duzee 1917, Torre-Bueno 1939b), NM, OH ( Osborn & Drake 1915), OK ( Arnold & Drew 1988), TX, VA. ( Mexico)

Comments: Thomas & Yonke (1981), in their revision of this genus, gave the distribution for this species as “coastal Atlantic and gulf states from Virginia south to Mexico City and west to Arizona.” Our record from California seems remote from most of the rest of the records of this species from the eastern U.S., except both Thomas & Yonke (1981) and McPherson & Sites (1989) recorded this species also from Arizona. Either this species is very rare in intermediate areas, or it occurs in two disjunct populations.