Definition of Anasa tristis

1. Noun. Large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family.

Exact synonyms: Squash Bug
Generic synonyms: Coreid, Coreid Bug
Group relationships: Anasa, Genus Anasa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anasa Tristis

Anaprox
Anapsida
Anapurna
Anarhichadidae
Anarhichas
Anas acuta
Anas americana
Anas clypeata
Anas crecca
Anas discors
Anas penelope
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas querquedula
Anas rubripes
Anasa
Anasa tristis (current term)
Anasazi
Anasazis
Anaspida
Anastacia
Anastasi
Anastasia
Anastasius
Anastatica
Anastatica hierochuntica
Anastomus
Anatidae
Anatole
Anatole France
Anatoli

Literary usage of Anasa tristis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"It is evident, then, that the embryos of Anasa tristis fall into two classes with respect to their ... Anasa tristis. 22 chromosomes, female type. Fig. 9. ..."

2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"Life History of the Squash-Bug (Anasa tristis De Geer.^ The common "squash-bug," as this insect is called, is found all over the United States as well as in ..."

3. Investigations representing the departments by University of Chicago, E.F. Young, John Dewey (1903)
"Anasa tristis. Section through the metathorax of a nymph just hatched, showing the transparent primary cuticula (eta.'), the aggregation of granules of red ..."

4. Investigations Representing the Departments: Zoölogy, Anatomy, Physiology by University of Chicago (1903)
"Anasa tristis. Section through the metathorax of a nymph just hatched, showing the transparent primary cuticula (cta.1), the aggregation of granules of red ..."

5. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1912)
"An examination of the chromosomes of "Anasa tristis," 889, v, 349-380. Mammen, H.—Ueber die morphologie der ..."

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