Menecles insertus ( Say, 1831a )

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 : 23-24

Menecles insertus ( Say, 1831a)

New state records: Alabama: Baldwin Co.: Raft (Raft River) , 30.77ʹN, 87.95ʹW, 16-V-2002, J. W. McCreadie (1♀ DAR) . Georgia: [Ware Co.]: Waycross , 8-V-1939, T. H. Hubbell, det. R. I. Sailer 1950 (1♂ UMMZ) . Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Par. : Baton Rouge , 15-VI-1987, E. G. Riley (1♂ DAR) , 1-X-1985, A. Biank (1♀ DAR) ; Baton Rouge, LSU campus, 20-IV-1985, D. A. Rider (1♀ DAR) , 27-IV-1986, D. A. Rider , mercury vapor & black- light (1♂ DAR) , 29-IV-1986, D. A. Rider , mercury vapor & blacklight (1♂ DAR) , 30-IV-1986, D. A. Rider , at light (1♂ DAR) , 6-V-1986, D. A. Rider , mercury varpor & blacklight (1♂ DAR) , 7-V-1985, D. A. Rider (1♀ DAR) , 10-V-1985, D. A. Rider (1♂ DAR) , 12-V-1985, D. A. Rider (1♂ DAR) , 13-V-1986, D. A. Rider , mercury vapor & blacklight (1♀ DAR) , 25-V-1985, D. A. Rider (1♀ DAR) . Natchitoches Par.: Kisatchie Natl. Forest , 17-VI-1988, D. A. Rider , mercury vapor & blacklight (1♀ DAR) , 18-VI-1988, D. A. Rider , mercury vapor & blacklight (3♂♂ 2♀♀ DAR) , 22-VI-1990, D. A. Rider , mercury vapor & blacklight (1♂ 1♀ DAR) , 23-VI-1990, D. A. Rider , mercury vapor & blacklight (1♀ DAR) ; Kisatchie Natl. Forest , Red Bluff Campground , 21-VI-1984, E. G. Riley (1♂ 3♀♀ DAR) . South Carolina: Greenville Co.: Greenville, Paris Mountain State Park , 10-VI-2011, 34.9273̊N, 82.3682̊W, #27, 1020 ft., D. R. Swanson (1♂ 3♀♀ DRS) . Tennessee: Fentress Co.: Allardt , 8-VIII-1924, T. H. Hubbell, det. R. I. Sailer 1950 (1♂ UMMZ) . [Sevier Co.]: Headquarters , GSMN Park , 10-VI-1945, R. R. Dreisbach, det. R. I. Sailer 1950 (1♀ MSUC) . West Virginia: Harrison Co.: 1 mi. N Salem , 1-9-VI-1995, M. D. Bombardiere , Lindgren funnel trap (1♂ DAR) . Wisconsin: Dane Co.: 24-VIII-1956, det. J. E. McPherson (1♀ MSUC) . Shawano Co.: [no specific locality] , 6-IX-1950 (1♂ MSUC) .

Distribution: Canada: NB ( Roch 2020), NS ( Prebble 1933, Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), ON, QC, SK (Scud- der 2008). United States: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL ( Blatchley 1928), GA, IA ( Osborn 1892; Stoner 1916, 1920), IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD ( Henry 2008), ME ( Roch 2020), MI, MN ( Rider 2012, Koch et al. 2014, Pezzini et al. 2018), MO, NC ( Brimley 1938, Torre-Bueno 1939b), ND ( Rider 2012), NE, NH ( Roch 2020), NJ, NM (Bundy 2012), NY, OH, OK ( Ortenburger 1927, Domínguez & Carillo 1976, Arnold & Drew 1988, Kondratieff et al. 2005), PA, RI, SC, SD ( Harris 1937), TN, TX (Domínguez & Carillo 1976, McPherson & Sites 1989, Taber 2008), UT, VA ( Hoffman 1971, Allen & Hoffman 1975), VT ( Roch 2020), WI, WV.

Comments: Although this species has been recorded from Tennessee in a thesis ( Dilling 2007), the records listed above represent the first known published records from Tennessee.