Belostoma amazonum Estévez & Polhemus, 2001

Stefanello, Fabiano & Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto Silva De, 2024, New species and new records of Belostoma Latreille, 1807 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) from northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5497 (4), pp. 591-600 : 594-595

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scientific name	Belostoma amazonum Estévez & Polhemus, 2001
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Belostoma amazonum Estévez & Polhemus, 2001 View in CoL

Belostoma amazonum Estévez & Polhemus, 2001: 158 View in CoL (original description)

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Material examined: BRAZIL, Maranhão, Aldeias Altas municipality, unnamed stream, 4°40’11.6”S 43°32’11.2”W, 25.vii.2022, F. Stefanello & M.A.G. Almeida colls., F. Stefanello, 2024 det. (2♂ CZMA); GoogleMaps Presidente Dutra municipality, Sítio Pezão, 5°17’4”S 44°28’6”W, 15.vii.2022, C.L. Franco, F. Stefanello, R. S. Viana colls., F. Stefanello, 2024 det. (3♂ and 1♀ CZMA) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: BRAZIL: Amazonas ( Estévez & Polhemus 2001; Almeida et al. 2019; Ribeiro & Ferrari 2023), Bahia ( Estévez & Polhemus 2001), Maranhão (this work), Mato Grosso ( Almeida et al. 2019), Pará ( Cunha et al. 2015; Ribeiro & Ferrari 2023), Roraima ( Almeida et al. 2019), Santa Catarina ( Estévez & Polhemus 2001); VENEZUELA ( Estévez & Polhemus 2001).

References

Almeida, T. M., Stefanello, F. & Hamada, N. (2019) Belostomatidae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) held in the Invertebrate Collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil: inventory and new distributional records. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 59 (e 20195906), 1 - 23. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / 1807 - 0205 / 2019.59.06

Cunha, E. J., Montag, L. F. A. & Juen, L. (2015) Oil palm crops effects on environmental integrity of Amazonian streams and Heteropteran (Hemiptera) species diversity. Ecological Indicators, 52, 422 - 429. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ecolind. 2014.12.024

Estevez, A. L. & Polhemus, J. T. (2001) The small species of Belostoma (Heteroptera, Belostomatidae). I. Key to species groups and a revision of the denticolle group. Iheringia, Serie Zoologia, 91, 151 - 158. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0073 - 47212001000200021

Ribeiro, J. R. & Ferrari, A. (2023) Phylogenetic analysis of the Belostoma plebejum group sensu Nieser (Insecta, Hemiptera, Belostomatidae): the effect of adding continuous characters on its accuracy. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 81, 1 - 34. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / asp. 81. e 87378

Figures

FIGURE 3. Dorsal habitus of species of Belostoma recorded for the state of Maranhão in this study. (A) Belostoma amazonum Estévez & Polhemus; (B) B. foveolatum (Mayr); (C) B. horvathi Montandon; (D) B. ribeiroi De Carlo. Scale of 5 mm valid for all photos.