Chlorochroa persimilis ( Horváth, 1908 )

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 : 35

Chlorochroa persimilis ( Horváth, 1908)

New state records: Louisiana: Winn Co. [ sic]: Winnfield, 15-V-1918, G. R . Pilate (1♀ UMMZ). South Carolina : Barnwell Co.: 5.5 mi. W Denmark on US . 78, 10-IX-1952, T. H. Hubbell, det. R . F. Hussey (as Pitedia persimilis ) (1♂ 1♀ UMMZ). Texas : Dallas Co.: [no specific locality], summer 1951, J. K. G. Silvey (1♂ UMMZ) .

Distribution: Canada: AB, MB ( Scudder & Thomas 1987), NB ( Walley 1929, Scudder & Thomas 1987, Roch 2020), NF ( Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), NS ( Parshley 1923b, Walley 1929, Scudder & Thomas 1987, Roch 2020), ON, PE ( Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), QC. United States: AL ( Hill 2006), AR, CT ( Parshley 1917, 1923a; O’Donnell & Schaefer 2012), FL, GA ( Scott & Fiske 1902), IA ( Stoner 1915, Hendrickson 1930), IL, IN, KS, LA, MA ( Bromley 1914, Parshley 1917, Torre-Bueno 1926, Johnson 1930), ME, MI, MN ( Lugger 1900, Koch et al. 2014), MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ ( Smith 1890, 1900, both as Lioderma ligata, 1910 ), NY, OH ( Furth 1974), PA ( Wirtner 1904, as Pentatoma juniperina and Pentatoma ligata ), SC, TX, VA, VT ( Parshley 1917), WI ( Williams 2004, 2015).

Comments: The early records of Chlorochria uhleri from New Brunswick ( Walley 1929), Nova Scotia ( Parshley 1923b, Walley 1929), Connecticut ( Parshley 1917, 1923a), Georgia ( Scott & Fiske 1902), Iowa ( Hendrickson 1930), Massachusetts ( Parshley 1917, Torre-Bueno 1926), and Vermont ( Parshley 1917), and Chlorochroa ligata from Minnesota ( Lugger 1900) and New Jersey ( Smith 1890) must be misidentifications of this species as Chlorochroa persimilis is the only species of the subgenus Chlorochroa known to occur in eastern North America. Maw et al. (2000) erroneously listed this species from Alberta; this is undoubtedly based on a misidentification. This species was also recorded from Alabama, Georgia, and Pennsylvania in an unpublished thesis ( Simons 1969).