Chinavia hilaris ( 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 : 33

Chinavia hilaris ( Say, 1831a)

New state records: Alabama: Cleburne Co.: Mt. Cheaha St. Pk., 26-VI-1982, D. A. Rider (1♂ 1♀ DAR). Hale Co.: near Payne Lake, 11 mi. S Duncanville, 22-VII-1965, J. & L. Donahue, det. J. E. McPherson (as Acrosternum hilare ) (1♂ MSUC). Lee Co.: [no specific locality], 3-V-1981, D. A. Rider (1♀ DAR), 8-VII-1981, D. A. Rider (1♂ DAR). Madison Co.: [no specific locality], 28-VI-1981, D. A. Rider (1♂ DAR). Mobile Co.: at SE limits of Saint Elmo on US. #90, 13-IX-1954, T. H. Hubbell & I. J. Cantrall, #100 (3♀♀ UMMZ). West Virginia: Monongalia Co.: Tyrone, 39̊37ʹ 38.85ʺN, 79̊51ʹ 56.40ʺW, 20-V-2005, R. Turcotte, ex Tsuga canadensis [ Pinaceae ] (2♀♀ DAR).

Distribution: Canada: BC ( Scudder 1986), NB ( Roch 2020), NS ( Scudder 2008, Roch 2020), ON, QC. United States: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME ( Uhler 1878, Van Duzee 1917, Procter 1946, Roch 2020), MI, MN ( Lugger 1900 as Acrosternum pennsylvanicum, Rider 2012 , Koch et al. 2014), MO, MS, MT, NC, ND ( Rider 2012), NE, NH ( Roch 2020), NJ ( Uhler 1878; Smith 1890, 1900, 1910; Torre- Bueno 1905; Van Duzee 1917; Atanassov et al. 2002), NM (Bundy 2012), NY, OH, OK, OR ( Hedstrom et al. 2017), PA, RI, SC, SD, TN ( Lambdin et al. 2003), TX, UT, VA, VT, WA ( Zack et al. 2012), WI ( Williams 2004, 2015), WV. ( Mexico)

Comments: This species was listed in the genus Acrosternum in Froeschner (1988). Although this species was recorded from Alabama in a thesis ( Simons 1969), the above records represent the first known published records from Alabama.