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Mecidea minor Ruckes 1946

Description

Mecidea minor Ruckes, 1946b

Distribution: United States: AR, AZ, CA, CO (Ruckes 1946b, Sailer 1952, Kumar et al. 1976), IA, KS (Sailer 1952), MN (Koch et al. 2014), MO, ND (Rider 2012), NM, OK, SD, TX, UT (Knowlton 1936, Sailer 1952, Thomas & Werner 1981). (Mexico, Central America, South America)

Comments: See comments under Mecidea major. Knowlton (1936) recorded Mecidea longula from Utah, which Sailer (1952) referred to this species.

Notes

Published as part of Rider, David A. & Swanson, Daniel R., 2021, A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5015 (1) on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5015.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5159085

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ruckes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Mecidea
Species
minor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mecidea minor Ruckes, 1946 sec. Rider & Swanson, 2021

References

  • Ruckes, H. (1946 b) Mecidea minor, a new species of pentatomid from New Mexico. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 41 (3), 86 - 88.
  • Sailer, R. I. (1952) A review of the stink bugs of the genus Mecidea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 102 (3309), 471 - 505. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.102 - 3309.471
  • Kumar, R., Lavigne, R. J., Lloyd, J. E. & Pfadt, R. E. (1976) Insects of the Central Plains Experiment Range, Pawnee National Grassland. University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, Science Monograph, 32, 1 - 74.
  • Koch, R. L., Rider, D. A., Tinerella, P. P. & Rich, W. A. (2014) Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Minnesota: An annotated checklist and new state records. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 47 (3 - 4), 171 - 185.
  • Rider, D. A. (2012) The Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of North Dakota I: Pentatomomorpha: Pentatomoidea. The Great Lakes Entomologist, 45 (3 - 4), 312 - 380.
  • Knowlton, G. F. (1936) The insect fauna of Utah (from the standpoint of an economic entomologist). Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 13, 249 - 262.
  • Thomas, D. B. Jr. & Werner, F. G. (1981) Grass feeding insects of western ranges: an annotated checklist. The University of Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station, Technical Bulletin, No. 243, 1 - 50.