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

Belostoma gestroi Montandon, 1900

( Figs. 2B , 6B )

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).

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).