Mecidea major Sailer, 1952

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 : 32

Mecidea major Sailer, 1952

New state record: Louisiana: Natchitoches Par.: Kisatchie Natl. For., 25-IX-1988, D. A. Rider (2♂♂ DAR) .

Distribution: United States: AR, AZ, IL, KS, LA, MN ( Koch et al. 2014), MO, NM ( Bundy & McPherson 2005, McPherson et al. 2009, Bundy 2012), OK, TX. ( Mexico to Nicaragua)

Comments: Van Duzee (1917) listed Mecidea longula from Colorado and Iowa, both of which could apply to this species or to Mecidea minor . He also listed Mecidea longula from several other states (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), all of which have been substantiated as possibly being this species by additional records. Mead (1988) reported a specimen of this species from Florida, but he indicated that a hurricane had passed through the collection area just a couple days prior to its capture; furthermore, Eger & Dobbs (2010) speculated that this was simply an adventitious capture. Thus, this species should not be considered to occur in Florida, unless further specimens are captured.