Podisus brevispinus Phillips, 1992

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 brevispinus Phillips, 1992

New state records: Louisiana: Winn Par.: Winnfield , 15-V-1918, G. R . Pilate , det. Phillips (1♀ UMMZ) . Tennessee: Blount Co.: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cade’s Cove Road , on Hydrangia blossom, 23-V-1977, I. J. Cantrall (1♀ UMMZ); Great Smoky Mountains National Park , +/- 7 miles SSE. Gatlinburg, 23-V-1977, I. J. Cantrall, #16 (3♀♀ UMMZ) .

Distribution: Canada: AB, BC, MB, NB ( Walley 1929, Brown 1941, Morris 1972, Roch 2020), NF ( Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), NS, ON, PE ( Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), QC, SK ( Maw et al. 2000). United States: CO, CT ( O’Donnell & Schaefer 2012), GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN ( Hart 1919, Koch et al. 2014), MT, NC, ND ( Rider 2012), NE, NH, NJ ( Smith 1910, Torre-Bueno 1920), NM, NY, OH, PA ( Wirtner 1904, as Podisus modestus ), TN, VA ( Allen & Hoffman 1976), VT ( Parshley 1920, Roch 2020). ( Mexico)

Comments: Most older records for this species are under the name Podisus modestus (Dallas) , which are misidentifications. Phillips (1983) determined that the true Podisus modestus of Dallas is a synonym of Podisus maculiventris , which left this species without a name. Her proposal (originally in her dissertation) of Podisus brevispinus as a new name for this species was finally published in Thomas’ (1992) review of New World asopines. Consequently, Froeschner (1988) still listed this species under the name Podisus modestus ( Dallas, 1851) . Phillips (1983), in her unpublished dissertation, among other records, provided locality data that confirm the above records from New Brunswick, Connecticut, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia; she also listed records from Kentucky, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin that, if published, would represent new state records.