Euschistus spurculus Stål, 1862

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 : 20

Euschistus spurculus Stål, 1862

Distribution: United States: AZ. ( Mexico, Guatemala)

Comments: The occurrence of this species in Arizona is based upon a single specimen (in the University of Kansas Snow collection) from Cochise Co. first reported on by Snow (1906) and then later discussed by Barber (1910) (this record was repeated by Van Duzee 1917 and Torre-Bueno 1939b). Barber (1910) indicated that although this specimen fit Stål’s original description of this species, it was lighter in color than other specimens he had examined. The occurrence of this species in the U.S. needs further confirmation.