Belostoma gestroi Montandon, 1900

Almeida, Thaís Melo de, Stefanello, Fabiano & Hamada, Neusa, 2019, Belostomatidae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) held in the Invertebrate Collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil: inventory and new distributional records, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 59, pp. 1-23 : 10-11

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.06
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4968664
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03939345-FFC2-FF91-B35D-F8F8A59DFD02
treatment provided by	Carolina (2021-03-17 15:56:00, last updated 2024-11-26 03:24:25)
scientific name	Belostoma gestroi Montandon, 1900
status

Treatment

Belostoma gestroi Montandon, 1900 View in CoL

( Figs. 2B View Figure 2 , 6B View Figure 6 )

Known distribution: ARGENTINA: Chaco ( Ribeiro, 2004), Formosa ( Ribeiro, 2004), Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Mendoza, Resistencia, Tucumán ( Contartese & Bachmann,1987; De Carlo,1930, 1938; Lauck,1963; Nieser, 1975; Schnack, 1976). BOLIVIA: Beni, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz ( De Carlo, 1930, 1938; Lauck, 1963; Nieser, 1975). BRAZIL: Amazonas ( Ribeiro, 2004; Lauck, 1963), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Ribeiro, 2004), Mato Grosso ( Lauck, 1963). PARAGUAY: Coquelet ( Montandon, 1900), Guairá ( Lauck, 1963). PERU: Junín, Loreto ( Lauck, 1963; Nieser, 1975; Schnack, 1976). SURINAM: Brokopondo ( Nieser, 1975).

Material examined: 1male,pinned, BRAZIL,Amazonas, near Tefé municipality, Tefé lake, near Solimões river, 10.XII.1976, E. Faustino coll., 0020901, J. R.I. Ribeiro, 1998 det. 1 male, ethyl alcohol 70%, Pará, Prainha municipality, Amazonas river, 01°51’20.1”S 53°42’54.9”W, A24L, 04.X.2003, P. de Marco & N. Ferreira-Jr. colls., V.P. Alecrim det.

Notes: This is the first record of B. gestroi to Pará state ( Brazil).

References

Contartese, A. M. & Bachmann, A. O. 1987. Distribucion geografica de las Belostomatidae argentinas (Heteroptera). Physis (Buenos Aires), 45 (108): 25 - 27.

De Carlo, J. A. 1930. Familia Belostomidae, generos y especies para la Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad EntomolOgica Argentina, 3: 110 - 116.

De Carlo, J. A. 1938. Los Belostomidos americanos. Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ' Bernardino Rivadavia' Buenos Aires, 39 (155): 189 - 260, 7 pls.

Lauck, D. R. 1963. A monograph of the genus Belostoma (Hemiptera), Part II. B. aurivillianum, stollii, testaceopallidum, dilatatum, and discretum groups. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 11 (4): 82 - 101.

Montandon, A. L. 1900. Notes sur quelques Hemipteres Heteropteres et descriptions d'especes nouvelles des collections du Musee Civique de Genes. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova, 20 (40): 1 - 11.

Nieser, N. 1975. The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 16 (81): 88 - 128.

Ribeiro, J. R. I. 2004. Redescription andTaxonomic Considerations of Belostoma gestroi Montandon, 1900 (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 39 (1): 53 - 56.

Schnack, J. A. 1976. Los Belostomatidae de la Republica Argentina (Hemiptera). In: Ringuelet, R. A. (Ed.). Fauna de Agua Dulce de la Republica Argentina. Buenos Aires, Fecic. v. 35, Fasciculo 1, p. 7 - 66.

Figures

Figure 2. Species of Belostomatidae.Dorsal view.(A) = Belostoma ripicolum – paratype (Male,Rio Grande do Sul).(B) = B.gestroi (Male,Amazonas).(C) = B.discretum(Male,Amazonas).(D) =B.candidulum(Male,from Mato Grossodo Sul).(E)= B.carajaensis(Male,Amazonas).(F)= B.estevezae(Female,Amazonas).(G) = B. micantulum (Male, Amazonas). (H) = B.minusculum (Male, Amazonas).(I) = B. nessimiani – holotype (Male, Amazonas). (J) = B. nicaem (Female, Amazonas). (K) = B.parvum (Female,Amazonas).(L) = B.plebejum (Male,Amazonas).Scale bar:2 mm.

Figure 6. Distribution of Belostomatidae in South America. Red symbol: known records, yellow symbol: new records. (A) = Belostoma amazonum (circle), B. denticolle (square). (B) = B. gestroi (square), B. dilatatum (circle), B.ripicolum(triangle).