Oebalus pugnax ( Fabricius, 1775 )

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 : 25

Oebalus pugnax ( Fabricius, 1775)

New state records: Alabama: Butler Co.: 4.5 mi. S Hwy 10 on I-65, 14-V-1983, D. A. Rider (1♂ 1♀ DAR) . Escambia Co : 3.7 mi. N Hwy 113 on I-65, 31-VII-1983, D. A. Rider (2♀♀ DAR) . Lee Co.: Auburn , E side, 16-V- 1983, D. A. Rider (1♂ DAR) ; [no specific locality], 17-V-1983, D. A. Rider (1♀ DAR) . Madison Co.: Huntsville , V-1996, D. A. Rider (1♀ DAR) , 9-11-VIII-1985, D. A. Rider (1♀ DAR) . Nevada: Nye Co.: 37 mi. S Currant, Crownest Spr. [= Crows Nest Spring], E side Railroad Valley , 20-VIII-1938, C. L. Hubbs family (1♀ UMMZ) .

Distribution: Canada: ON ( Roch 2020). United States: AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA. ( Mexico, Central America, West Indies, n. South America)

Comments: McPherson et al. (1993) recorded the subspecies Oebalus pugnax torridus (Sailer) (recently elevated to species) from Georgia; this is undoubtedly a misdetemination, as this taxon is only known from Central America ( Costa Rica and Nicaragua) and northern South America ( Colombia). This species, commonly called the rice stink bug, was also recorded from Alabama, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, and Virginia in an unpublished thesis ( Simons 1969).