Belostoma pygmeum Dufour, 1863

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 : 17

Belostoma pygmeum Dufour, 1863

( Figs. 3A , 8B )

Known distribution: BOLIVIA: unknow Department ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). BRAZIL: Amazonas, Paraná ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007; Ribeiro et al., 2018). PARAGUAY: unknow Departament:( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). PERU: unknow Region ( Estévez & Polhemus,2007).

Material examined: 1 male, ethyl alcohol 70%, BRAZIL, Amazonas , Manaus municipality, campus F.U.A, light trap, ESALQ, 27-28.IX.1982, T. M. Almeida, 2018 det .; 1 male, pinned, Manaus municipality, 05.XI.1962, several collectors, 0021057, 2478, J. R.I. Ribeiro, 2004 det .; 4 males and 5 females, ethyl alcohol 92%, Manaus municipality, Bosque da Ciência – INPA campus I, 13.IV.2018, T. M. Almeida & F. Stefanello colls., F. Stefanello, 2018 det. 1 male, ethyl alcohol 70%, Pará , Almerim municipality, Paranaquara lake, near Amazonas river, A25L, 05.X.2003, P. de Marco & N. Ferreira-Jr. colls., V. P. Alecrim det.

Notes: This is the first record of B. pygmeum from Pará state ( Brazil).

Figures

Figure 3. Species of Belostomatidae.Dorsal view.(A) = Belostoma pygmeum (Male, Amazonas).(B) = B.ribeiroi (Female,from Mato Grosso do Sul).(C) = B. stollii (Male,Amazonas).(D) = B.bachmanni (Female,from Amazonas).(E) =B.fittkaui(Male,from Amazonas).(F) = Lethocerusannulipes (Male,from Amazonas).(G) = L.delpontei(Male,from Amazonas).(H) = L.maximus (Male,from Roraima).(I) = L.paraensis – holotype (Female,from Pará).(J) =Horvathinia pelocoroides(Male, from Rondônia).(K) = Weberiellarhomboides (Male,from Rondônia).Scale bar: (A-E,J-K):2 mm,(F-I): 5 mm.

Figure 8. Distribution of Belostomatidae in South America. Red symbol: known records, yellow symbol: new records. (A) = Belostoma estevezae (square), B. micantulum (circle), B. minusculum (triangle) [not all distributional records are shown on the map], B. nessimiani (cross). (B) = B. nicaem (cross),B.parvum (square),B.plebejum (circle),B. pygmeum (triangle).