Apoecilus bracteatus ( Fitch, 1865 )

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 : 5

Apoecilus bracteatus ( Fitch, 1865)

New state record: Montana: Ravalli Co.: Stevensville , 23-VIII-1968, B. Wiegand (1♀ DAR) .

Distribution: Canada: AB, BC, MB, NB ( Morris 1972, Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), NS, ON, PE ( Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), QC, SK ( Walley 1929). United States: AZ, CA, CO, CT, ID, IL, MA, ME ( Parshley 1914, 1917; Johnson 1927), MI, MN, MT, ND ( Rider 2012), NE, NH ( Parshley 1917, Roch 2020), NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT ( Parshley 1917), WA.

Comments: Strickland (1953) placed Podisus crocatus Uhler as a junior synonym of this species (confirmed by Thomas 1992); yet, Froeschner (1988) listed both species (in the genus Apateticus ) as valid. Froeschner (1988) further indicated that the record from New Mexico needed verification (he listed New Mexico with a question mark). Bundy (2012) did not list any new records from New Mexico, but Phillips (1983), in her unpublished dissertation, listed this species from a couple of New Mexico localities. Among other records, she listed localities that confirm the records from Saskatchewan, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, and New Hampshire; she also listed this species from Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, which would represent new state records.