Podisus maculiventris ( Say, 1831b )

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 : 9

Podisus maculiventris ( Say, 1831b)

New state records: Kentucky: Scott Co.: Georgetown , 21-VI-1954, R . L. Fischer, det. Phillips (1♂ MSUC) .

West Virginia: Harrison Co.: Salem , 15-IV-1921, C. P. Hickman, det. Phillips (1♂ UMMZ) .

Distribution: Canada:AB, BC, MB, NB, NF ( Morris 1972, Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), NS, ON, PE ( Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), QC. United States: AL ( Potts 1891), AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT ( Parshley 1917, 1923a; O’Donnell & Schaefer 2012), DC, FL, GA, IA, ID ( Harris & Shull 1944), IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME ( Parshley 1914, 1917; Roch 2020), MI, MN ( Koch et al. 2014), MO, MS, MT, NC, ND ( Rider 2012), NE, NH ( Parshley 1917, Roch 2020), NJ, NM (Bundy 2012), NY, OH, OK, OR ( Mason 1976), PA, RI ( Parshley 1917), SC, SD ( Harris 1937), TN ( Howden & Crossley 1961, Lambdin et al. 2003, Vlach et al. 2010), TX, UT, VA, VT, WA ( Zack et al. 2012), WI, WV. ( Mexico, West Indies)

Comments: This species, commonly called the spined soldier bug, is very common throughout the U.S., and has been studied extensively for its biological control potential. It has been recorded as a predator on many different insect species (McPherson 1980, 1982). Phillips (1983), in her unpublished dissertation, among other records, provided locality records that confirm the above records from Alabama, Connecticut, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, and West Virginia; she also listed records from Delaware and Nevada, which would represent state records. Simons (1969) also recorded this species from Alabama in an unpublished thesis. Also, this species was recorded from Oregon in another unpublished thesis ( Wetherill 2000).