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Definition of Anasa tristis

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anasa Tristis

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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