Amaurochrous cinctipes ( Say, 1828 )

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 : 47

Amaurochrous cinctipes ( Say, 1828)

New state record: Ohio: Ottawa Co.: Crank Creek St. Pk., 15-IV-1995, M. O’Brien (1♂ UMMZ) .

Distribution: Canada: ON, QC. United States: AR, CT ( Parshley 1917, 1923a; Britton 1920; O’Donnell & Schaefer 2012), DC, DE, GA ( Scott & Fiske 1902), IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD ( Brown & Bahr 2008), ME ( Roch 2020), MI, MN, MO, NC, ND ( Rider 2012), NE, NH ( Parshley 1917), NJ, NY, OH, OK ( Arnold & Drew 1988, Kondratieff et al. 2005), PA, SC, TN ( Howden & Crossley 1961), TX, VA ( Hoffman 1971), VT ( Roch 2020), WI ( Stål 1872).

Comments: It is possible that some of the records of this species and of the next, Amaurochrous dubius , have been confused. The two species are obviously very closely related. In fact, Barber & Sailer (1953) stated “there is some reason to question the status of cinctipes as a species distinct from dubius .” They further indicated that intermediates between the two species were known. Apparently, this is a more northern form.