Banasa sordida ( Uhler, 1871 )

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 sordida ( Uhler, 1871)

New state records: Iowa: Plymouth Co.: 5- Ridge Prairie , 17-VIII-1992, D. Cuthrell (1♂ DAR) . North Dakota: Billings Co.: Freeman’s Frontier near Medora , 9-VIII-1993, D. A. Rider, mercury vapor & blacklight (1♀ DAR) . Texas: Jeff Davis Co.: Ft. Davis, Davis Mtns., 5000 ft., det. D. B. Thomas 1980 (1♀ DAR) .

Distribution: Canada: BC, ON, QC ( Roch 2020). United States: AZ, CA, CO, CT ( O’Donnell & Schaefer 2012), DC, IA, ID ( Harris & Shull 1944), IL, KY ( Wheeler & Krimmel 2012), MA, MD, MI ( Swanson 2012), MN ( Koch et al. 2014), MO ( Thomas & Yonke 1981, Sites et al. 2012), NC ( Brimley 1938, Hoffman 2005), ND, NE ( Wheeler & Krimmel 2012), NJ, NM, NY ( Olsen 1914, Barber 1928, Roch 2020), OH ( Furth 1974), OR ( Thomas & Yonke 1981), TX, UT, VA, VT ( Roch 2020), WA. ( Mexico)

Comments: Thomas & Yonke (1981) gave the distribution of this species as “entire U.S., northern Mexico and southern Canada,” but they did not give any specific state records. Wheeler & Krimmel (2012) stated “ Hart’s (1919) record of Banasa sordida from Maine might be a lapsus for Massachusetts because the latter state was noted to be the sole New England record ( Parshley 1917, 1923a).”