Aelia americana Dallas, 1851

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 : 13

Aelia americana Dallas, 1851

New state records: Texas: Edwards, Kerr , or Real Co.: 27 mi. N Leakey, 7-V-1961, S. G. Wellso, det. J. E. McPherson (1♀ MSUC) . Uvalde Co.: Garner State Park , 6-V-1961, S. G. Wellso, det. J. E. McPherson (♀ MSUC) .

Utah: Cache Co.: Logan , U.S.A. College, 2-VII-1953, T . Miura (1♀ DAR) . Wyoming: Yellowstone Nat’l Park , bunch grass-sage W52: 19-VII-1945, “w812”, [ V. E. Shelford], det. K. A. Phillips 1981, INHS Insect Collection 474111 (1♀ INHS) .

Distribution: Canada: AB, BC, MB, NT ( Gibson 1911, Maw et al. 2000), ON ( Criddle 1921, Maw et al. 2000), SK, YK ( Scudder 1997, Maw et al. 2000). United States: AK ( Scudder 1997, Maw et al. 2000), AL, AR, AZ, CO, ID ( Hampton 2005), IL, KS, MI, MN ( Rider 2012, Koch et al. 2014), MO ( Froeschner 1941), MT, ND ( Rider 2012), NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WA ( Zack et al. 2012), WY.

Comments: Our single representative of this genus is rather distinctive, being elongate-oval, relatively convex, with longitudinal pale and dark stripes. Rider (1986a) discussed the distribution of this species.