Belostoma aurivillianum ( Montandon, 1899 )

Franco, Cleilton Lima, Stefanello, Fabiano, Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto Silva de & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2024, Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of northeastern Brazil, European Journal of Taxonomy 932, pp. 271-304 : 287-288

Belostoma aurivillianum ( Montandon, 1899)

Figs 12 , 44

Diagnosis

Body elongate (length 2.3× the width); lateral margins of body almost parallel; length of anteoculus 0.88–1.13 × length of interoculus ( Ribeiro 2007).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Maranhão • 16 ♂♂; Cândido Mendes municipality, Fazenda 7 Irmãos ; 1°52′06″ S, 45°45′59.7″ W; 2–6 Jul. 2019; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, D. Limeira and J.S. Brito leg. [00120, 00121 00124, 00126, 00128, 00129, 00133, 00134, 00137, 00139, 00144, 00147, 00149, 00150, 00151, 00157]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 19 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, D. Limeira and J.S. Brito leg. [00122, 00123, 00125, 00127, 00135, 00136, 00138, 00140, 00141, 00142, 00143, 00145, 00146, 00148, 00152, 00153, 00154, 00155, 00156]; CZMA • 1 ♀; Mirador [sic, Formosa da Serra Negra] municipality, Parque Estadual do Mirador ; [6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W]; 22 Feb.–1 Mar. 2009; M.B. Aguiar-Neto and M.J.A. Holanda leg. [00046]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

BOLIVIA ( Nieser 1975); BRAZIL ( Montandon 1899): Goiás ( Menke & Lauck 1962), Maranhão (this work), Mato Grosso ( Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Minas Gerais ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Pelli et al. 2006; Ribeiro 2007), Pará ( Lauck 1963; Ribeiro 2007), Paraná ( Ribeiro 2007), Rio de Janeiro ( Ribeiro 2005), Rio Grande do Sul ( Lanzer 1976), Rondônia ( Almeida et al. 2019), Roraima ( Nieser 1975; Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), São Paulo ( De Carlo 1938; Lauck 1963; Ribeiro 2007); COLOMBIA ( Montandon 1899); PARAGUAY ( De Carlo 1966); SURINAME ( Nieser 1975); VENEZUELA ( Montandon 1899).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Maranhão.

Note

First records from the state of Maranhão and northeastern Brazil.

Figures

Figs 9–16. Dorsal and ventral habitus of examined species of Belostomatidae. 9. Belostoma discretum Montandon, 1903, ♂, Carolina municipality. 10. B. micantulum (Stål, 1860), ♂, Caxias municipality. 11. B. nessimiani Ribeiro & Alecrim, 2008, ♂, Caxias municipality. 12. B. aurivillianum (Montandon, 1899), ♂, Cândido Mendes municipality. 13. B. stollii (Amyot & Serville, 1843), ♀, Cândido Mendes municipality. 14. Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845), ♂, Ubajara municipality. 15. L. delpontei De Carlo, 1930, ♂, Caxias municipality. 16. L. maximus De Carlo, 1938, ♀, Riachão municipality. Scale bars: 9–11, 14–16 = 10 mm; 12–13 = 1 mm.

Figs 42–45. 42–44. Geographic distribution of Belostoma in Brazil: yellow circles and gray stars indicate known records, red circles and stars indicate new records. 42. Belostoma discretum Montandon, 1903. 43. B. micantulum (Stål, 1860) and B. nessimiani Ribeiro & Alecrim, 2008. 44. B. aurivillianum (Montandon, 1899) and B. stollii (Amyot & Serville, 1843). 45. Distribution of Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845), L. delpontei De Carlo, 1930 and L. maximus De Carlo, 1938: yellow circles, gray stars, and orange cross indicate known records, red circles, stars, and cross indicate new records.