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A List of the Scutelleroidea (Hemiptera) of Southern Illinois

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A List of the Scutelleroidea (Hemiptera) of Southern Illinois 
J. E. McPherson 
Southern Illinois University 
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THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 
A LIST OF THE SCUTELLEROIDEA (HEMIPTERA) 
OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 
ABSTRACT 
A list of the Scutelleroidea of southern Illinois is presented with information on the 
state distribution of each species. 
In 1976, 1 coauthored a paper with R. H. Mohlenbrock on the Scutelleroidea of the 
La Rue-Pine Hills Ecological Area, Union County, southern Illinois Since several 
additional species occur in southern Illinois, but outside Pine Hills, the 1976 paper gave 
an incomplete picture of the scutelleroid fauna of this part of the state. This paper 
presents a complete list of southern Illinois scutelleroids and includes the distribution of 
each species in Illinois to provide more appreciation of the composition of the southern 
Illinois fauna. 
METHODS AND MATERIALS 
During the past two years (1977-1978), I have examined eight Illinois scutelIeroid 
collections (see acknowledgments) in addition to that of the Southern Illinois University, 
Carbondale, Zoology Research Museum. All but one (Northern Illinois University) 
contained specimens collected in southern lllinois and all provided information on state 
distributions. For the purposes of this paper, southern Illinois is defined as that part of 
the state south of a line from St. Louis, Missouri to Vincennes, Indiana (Fig. 1). The 
southern counties in which the species represented by these specimens have been found 
are given unless collected in more than five counties; if more than five, the distributions 
are listed as "Generally Distributed" (Table 1). State distributions are divided into four 
categories as defined in Table 1. 
RESULTS 
Sixty five species and subspecies were identified (Table I), representing about 71% of 
Illinois' scutelleroids (unpublished data). Of these, nine occur only in southern Illinois, 15 
primarily in the southern half, and five primarily in the northern half of Illinois; +he 
remainder occur statewide (32) or cannot presently be placed into one category (four). 
Comparisons of southern Illinois scutelleroid diversity with those of other geographical 
areas are difficult since most other lists are outdated because of taxonomic revisions 
published during the last 45 years However, the two most recent state lists give the 
number of scutelleroid species and subspecies as follows: Michigan, 69 (McPherson, 
1970); Virginia, 79 (Hoffman, 1971). Since this paper deals only with the scutelleroids of 
southern Illinois, and the species diversity of this area (65 species and subspecies) 
compares favorably to those of Michigan and Virginia, the scutelleroid diversity of this 
part of the state must be considered high. 
l ~ e ~ a r t m e n t  of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901 
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Table 1. List of the Scutelleroidea of southern Illinois and state distributions. 
Southern Illinois State 
County Records Distributiona 
Scu telleridae 
Pachycorinae 
Acantholomidea denticulata (Stil) Washington 
Homaemus parvulus (Germar) Gen. Dist. 
Stethaulax marmorata (Say) Jackson, Union, Williamson 
Thyreocoridae 
Corimelaena agrella McAtee Alexander, Jackson, Union, 
Williamson 
C. harti Malloch Jackson, Union 
C. 1. lateralis (Fabricius) Gen. Dist. 
C. obscura McPherson & Sailer Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, 
Pulaski, Union 
C. pulicaria (Germar) Gen. Dist. 
Galgupha aterrima Malloch Jackson, Marion, St. Clair, 
Union, Williamson 
G. atra Amyot & Semille Gen. Dist. 
G. carinata McAtee & Malloch Alexander, Gallatin 
Pulaski, Union 
G. denudata (Uhler) Jackson, Union 
G. loboprostethia Sailer Jackson, Union 
G. n. nitiduloides ( W o w  Richland, Wayne 
G. ovalis Hussey Gen. Dist. 
Cydnidae 
Cydninae 
Qrtornenus ciliatus (Palisot de Beauvois) Jackson, Union 
Melanaethus pensylvanicus (Signoret) Jackson, Union 
M. robustus Uhler Union, Williamson 
Pangaeus bilineatus (Say) Gen. Dist. 
Amnestinae 
Amnestus pallidus Zimmer Jackson, Union 
A. pusillus Uhler ~ l i n t o n / ~ a r i o n ~ ,  Jackson, 
Pope, Union, Williamson 
A. spinifrons (Say) Union 
Sehirinae 
Sehirus c. cinctus (Palisot de Beauvois) Gen. Dist. 
Pentatomidae 
Graphosomatinae 
Amaurochrous cinctipes (Say) Alexander, Jackson, 
Pulaski, Union 
Pentatominae 
Gen. Dist. 
Jackson, Union 
Jackson, Union, Williamson 
Gen. Dist. 
Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, 
Pope, Williamson 
Acrosternum hilare (Say) 
Aelia americana Dallas 
Banasa calva (Say) 
B. dirnidiata (Say) 
B. euchlora StPl 
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Table 1, Continued 
Southern Illinois 
Taxon County Records 
State 
Distributiona 
B. sordida (Uhler) 
Brochymena arborea (Say) 
B. cariosa Stgl 
B. p. punctata Van Duzee 
B. quadripustulata (Fabricius) 
Chlorochroa persimilis Horvath 
Coenus delius (Say) 
Cosmopepla bimaculata (Thomas) 
Dendrocoris humeralis (Uhler) 
Euschistus ictericus (Linnaeus) 
E. politus Uhler 
E. servus (Say) 
E. t .  tristigmus (Say) 
E. variolarius (Palisot de Beauvois) 
Holcostethus limbolarius (St%l) 
Hymenarcys aequalis (Say) 
H. nervosa (Say) 
Menecles insertus (Say) 
Mormidea lugens (Fabricius) 
Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) 
Neottiglossa cavifrons StOal 
N. sulcifrons 
St31 Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) 
Oebalus pugnax (Fabricius) 
Prionosoma podopioides Uhler 
Proxys punctulatus (Palisot de Beaut 
Thyanta calceata (Say) 
T. pallido-virens accerra (McAtee) 
Trichopepla semivittata (Say) 
- -- 
Jackson, Johnson, Pope 
Gen. Dist. 
Jackson, Massac, Pulaski, 
Saline, Williamson 
Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson 
Gen. Dist. 
Jackson 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Jackson, Pope, Union 
Union 
Union, Washington 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Jackson, Pope, Union, 
Washington, Williamson 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Union 
Gen. Dist. 
Jackson 
,ois) Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Gen. Dist. 
Asopinae 
Apateticus cynicus (Say) Franklin, Jackson, 
Union, Washington 4 
Mineus shigipes (Herrich-Schaeffer) Jackson 4 
Perillus bioculatus (Fabricius) Pope 3 
Podisus maculiventris (Say) Gen. Dist. 4 
P. modestus (Dallas) ~ l i n t o n / ~ a r i o n ~  3 
P. placidus Uhler Johnson, Union 4 
Stiretrus anchorago fimbriatus (Say) Gen. Dist. 2 
aState distribution coded as follows: l=southern Illinois only, 2=primarily southern half of 
state, 3=primarily northern half of state, 4=statewide distribution. Those difficult to place 
into one category are listed as intermediate between the two closest categories (e.g., 1-2). 
b~ollected in Centralia which lies on the common border of Clinton and Marion Counties. 
CAlthough E. servus occurs statewide, E. s. euschistoides (Vollenhoven) can be distinguished 
north of ca. the middle of the state. This subspecies intergrades with the nominal subspecies 
in the southern half of Illinois. 
d ~ h e r e  is also a questionable record from Urbana housed in the Eastern Illinois University 
collection. 
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WASHINGTON 
JEFFERSON 
HAMILTON WHITE 
Fig. 1.  Counties of southern Illinois. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
I would like to thank the following individuals for allowing me to  examine the 
scutelleroid collections of their respective institutions upon which much of this paper is 
based: Drs. E. D. Cashatt, Illinois State Museum, Springfield; W. A. Garthe, Northern 
Illinois University, De Kalb; R. W. Hamilton, Loyola University, Chicago; E. L. Mockford, 
Illinois State University, Normal; G. T. Riegel, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston; Y. 
S. Sedman, Western Illinois University, Macomb; E. H. Smith, Field Museum, Chicago; 
and Mr. D. W. Webb, Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana. 
LITERATURE CITED 
Hoffman, R. L. 1971. The insects of Virginia: No. 4, shield bugs (Hemiptera; Scutel- 
leroidea: Scutelleridae, Corimelaenidae, Cydnidae, Pentatomidae). Virg. Poly. Inst. and 
State Univ. Res Div. Bull 67:l-61. 
McPherson, J. E. 1970. A key and annotated list of the Scutelleroidea of Michigan 
(Hemiptera). Mich. Entomol. 3: 34-63. 
McPherson, J. E. and R. H. Mohlenbrock. 1976. A list of the Scutelleroidea of the La 
Rue-Pine Hills Ecological Area with notes on biology. Great Lakes Entomol. 
9: 125-1 69. 
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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 11 Number 3 - Fall 1978 Number 3 - Fall 1978 Article 6 October 1978 A List of the Scutelleroidea (Hemiptera) of Southern Illinois J. E. McPherson Southern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation McPherson, J. E. 1978. "A List of the Scutelleroidea (Hemiptera) of Southern Illinois," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 11 (3) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol11/iss3/6 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST A LIST OF THE SCUTELLEROIDEA (HEMIPTERA) OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ABSTRACT A list of the Scutelleroidea of southern Illinois is presented with information on the state distribution of each species. In 1976, 1 coauthored a paper with R. H. Mohlenbrock on the Scutelleroidea of the La Rue-Pine Hills Ecological Area, Union County, southern Illinois Since several additional species occur in southern Illinois, but outside Pine Hills, the 1976 paper gave an incomplete picture of the scutelleroid fauna of this part of the state. This paper presents a complete list of southern Illinois scutelleroids and includes the distribution of each species in Illinois to provide more appreciation of the composition of the southern Illinois fauna. METHODS AND MATERIALS During the past two years (1977-1978), I have examined eight Illinois scutelIeroid collections (see acknowledgments) in addition to that of the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Zoology Research Museum. All but one (Northern Illinois University) contained specimens collected in southern lllinois and all provided information on state distributions. For the purposes of this paper, southern Illinois is defined as that part of the state south of a line from St. Louis, Missouri to Vincennes, Indiana (Fig. 1). The southern counties in which the species represented by these specimens have been found are given unless collected in more than five counties; if more than five, the distributions are listed as "Generally Distributed" (Table 1). State distributions are divided into four categories as defined in Table 1. RESULTS Sixty five species and subspecies were identified (Table I), representing about 71% of Illinois' scutelleroids (unpublished data). Of these, nine occur only in southern Illinois, 15 primarily in the southern half, and five primarily in the northern half of Illinois; +he remainder occur statewide (32) or cannot presently be placed into one category (four). Comparisons of southern Illinois scutelleroid diversity with those of other geographical areas are difficult since most other lists are outdated because of taxonomic revisions published during the last 45 years However, the two most recent state lists give the number of scutelleroid species and subspecies as follows: Michigan, 69 (McPherson, 1970); Virginia, 79 (Hoffman, 1971). Since this paper deals only with the scutelleroids of southern Illinois, and the species diversity of this area (65 species and subspecies) compares favorably to those of Michigan and Virginia, the scutelleroid diversity of this part of the state must be considered high. l ~ e ~ a r t m e n t  of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901 1McPherson: A List of the Scutelleroidea (Hemiptera) of Southern IllinoisPublished by ValpoScholar, 1978160 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 11, No. 3 Table 1. List of the Scutelleroidea of southern Illinois and state distributions. Southern Illinois State County Records Distributiona Scu telleridae Pachycorinae Acantholomidea denticulata (Stil) Washington Homaemus parvulus (Germar) Gen. Dist. Stethaulax marmorata (Say) Jackson, Union, Williamson Thyreocoridae Corimelaena agrella McAtee Alexander, Jackson, Union, Williamson C. harti Malloch Jackson, Union C. 1. lateralis (Fabricius) Gen. Dist. C. obscura McPherson & Sailer Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Pulaski, Union C. pulicaria (Germar) Gen. Dist. Galgupha aterrima Malloch Jackson, Marion, St. Clair, Union, Williamson G. atra Amyot & Semille Gen. Dist. G. carinata McAtee & Malloch Alexander, Gallatin Pulaski, Union G. denudata (Uhler) Jackson, Union G. loboprostethia Sailer Jackson, Union G. n. nitiduloides ( W o w  Richland, Wayne G. ovalis Hussey Gen. Dist. Cydnidae Cydninae Qrtornenus ciliatus (Palisot de Beauvois) Jackson, Union Melanaethus pensylvanicus (Signoret) Jackson, Union M. robustus Uhler Union, Williamson Pangaeus bilineatus (Say) Gen. Dist. Amnestinae Amnestus pallidus Zimmer Jackson, Union A. pusillus Uhler ~ l i n t o n / ~ a r i o n ~ ,  Jackson, Pope, Union, Williamson A. spinifrons (Say) Union Sehirinae Sehirus c. cinctus (Palisot de Beauvois) Gen. Dist. Pentatomidae Graphosomatinae Amaurochrous cinctipes (Say) Alexander, Jackson, Pulaski, Union Pentatominae Gen. Dist. Jackson, Union Jackson, Union, Williamson Gen. Dist. Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Williamson Acrosternum hilare (Say) Aelia americana Dallas Banasa calva (Say) B. dirnidiata (Say) B. euchlora StPl 2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 11, No. 3 [1978], Art. 6https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol11/iss3/61978 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Table 1, Continued Southern Illinois Taxon County Records State Distributiona B. sordida (Uhler) Brochymena arborea (Say) B. cariosa Stgl B. p. punctata Van Duzee B. quadripustulata (Fabricius) Chlorochroa persimilis Horvath Coenus delius (Say) Cosmopepla bimaculata (Thomas) Dendrocoris humeralis (Uhler) Euschistus ictericus (Linnaeus) E. politus Uhler E. servus (Say) E. t .  tristigmus (Say) E. variolarius (Palisot de Beauvois) Holcostethus limbolarius (St%l) Hymenarcys aequalis (Say) H. nervosa (Say) Menecles insertus (Say) Mormidea lugens (Fabricius) Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) Neottiglossa cavifrons StOal N. sulcifrons St31 Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) Oebalus pugnax (Fabricius) Prionosoma podopioides Uhler Proxys punctulatus (Palisot de Beaut Thyanta calceata (Say) T. pallido-virens accerra (McAtee) Trichopepla semivittata (Say) - -- Jackson, Johnson, Pope Gen. Dist. Jackson, Massac, Pulaski, Saline, Williamson Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson Gen. Dist. Jackson Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Jackson, Pope, Union Union Union, Washington Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Jackson, Pope, Union, Washington, Williamson Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Union Gen. Dist. Jackson ,ois) Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Gen. Dist. Asopinae Apateticus cynicus (Say) Franklin, Jackson, Union, Washington 4 Mineus shigipes (Herrich-Schaeffer) Jackson 4 Perillus bioculatus (Fabricius) Pope 3 Podisus maculiventris (Say) Gen. Dist. 4 P. modestus (Dallas) ~ l i n t o n / ~ a r i o n ~  3 P. placidus Uhler Johnson, Union 4 Stiretrus anchorago fimbriatus (Say) Gen. Dist. 2 aState distribution coded as follows: l=southern Illinois only, 2=primarily southern half of state, 3=primarily northern half of state, 4=statewide distribution. Those difficult to place into one category are listed as intermediate between the two closest categories (e.g., 1-2). b~ollected in Centralia which lies on the common border of Clinton and Marion Counties. CAlthough E. servus occurs statewide, E. s. euschistoides (Vollenhoven) can be distinguished north of ca. the middle of the state. This subspecies intergrades with the nominal subspecies in the southern half of Illinois. d ~ h e r e  is also a questionable record from Urbana housed in the Eastern Illinois University collection. 3McPherson: A List of the Scutelleroidea (Hemiptera) of Southern IllinoisPublished by ValpoScholar, 1978THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 1 1, No. 3 WASHINGTON JEFFERSON HAMILTON WHITE Fig. 1.  Counties of southern Illinois. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank the following individuals for allowing me to  examine the scutelleroid collections of their respective institutions upon which much of this paper is based: Drs. E. D. Cashatt, Illinois State Museum, Springfield; W. A. Garthe, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb; R. W. Hamilton, Loyola University, Chicago; E. L. Mockford, Illinois State University, Normal; G. T. Riegel, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston; Y. S. Sedman, Western Illinois University, Macomb; E. H. Smith, Field Museum, Chicago; and Mr. D. W. Webb, Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana. LITERATURE CITED Hoffman, R. L. 1971. The insects of Virginia: No. 4, shield bugs (Hemiptera; Scutel- leroidea: Scutelleridae, Corimelaenidae, Cydnidae, Pentatomidae). Virg. Poly. Inst. and State Univ. Res Div. Bull 67:l-61. McPherson, J. E. 1970. A key and annotated list of the Scutelleroidea of Michigan (Hemiptera). Mich. Entomol. 3: 34-63. McPherson, J. E. and R. H. Mohlenbrock. 1976. A list of the Scutelleroidea of the La Rue-Pine Hills Ecological Area with notes on biology. 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