Brontostoma discus ( Burmeister, 1835 )

María C. Melo, Gimena Dellapé, Leonela Olivera, Pablo S. Varela, Sara I. Montemayor & Pablo M. Dellapé, 2017, Diversity of true bugs from Iguazú National Park, Argentina, Check List 13 (5), pp. 479-511 : 481

Brontostoma discus ( Burmeister, 1835)

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Distribution. Argentina: Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, and Santa Fe; Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela ( Wygodzinsky 1951, Dougherty 1995, Forero 2006).

Material examined. 2♂, CIES, 7-XII-2013, light trap, P.M. Dellapé coll., PNI0004-5 (MLP); 3♂, CIES, 8-XII-2013, light trap, P.M. Dellapé coll., PNI0006-8 (MLP).

Remarks. Although this species is similar to B. nanus , the specimens we have examined are much larger (18.275 mm), with less prominent eyes and shorter antenniferous tubercles. According to Carpintero (1980) B. nanus is a much smaller species (15.12 mm), with much more protruding eyes and longer antenniferous tubercles.

Figures

Figure 2–13. Reduviidae. 2. Brontostoma castaneum Carpintero, 1980. 3. Brontostoma discus (Burmeister, 1835). 4. Cricetopareis paraguaya Carpintero, 1980. 5. Pothea martinezi Carpintero, 1980. 6. Apiomerus mutabilis Costa Lima, Campos Seabra and Hathaway, 1951. 6.a. A. mutabilis: median process of pygophore, posterior view. 7. Arilus carinatus (Forster, 1771), new country record. 8. Doldina lauta (Stål, 1860), new country record. 9-10. Graptocleptes sanguineiventris (Stål, 1866), new country record. 11. Heza multiannulata Stål, 1860, new country record. 12. Opisthacidius lutzi (Costa Lima, 1940), first record for Misiones province. 13. Opisthacidius pertinax (Breddin, 1903), first record for Misiones province.