Belostoma candidulum Montandon, 1903

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 : 14

Belostoma candidulum Montandon, 1903

( Figs. 2D , 7B )

Known distribution: ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires ( Ribeiro, 2007). BRAZIL: Minas Gerais ( Schnack, 1976), Goiás ( Ribeiro, 2005), Rio de Janeiro ( Ribeiro, 2005), Rio Grande do Sul ( Montandon, 1903a), São Paulo ( Schnack, 1976), Santa Catarina ( Ribeiro & Estévez, 2009).

Material examined: 1 male and 1 female, ethyl alcohol 70%, BRAZIL, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bodoquena municipality, Califórnia and Ouro Verde farms, waterfall, 20°42’18.1”S 56°51’14.6”W, 18.III.2012, N. Hamada, P. Vilela & N. Zampiva colls., F. Stefanello, 2018 det.

Notes: This is the first record of B. candidulum to Mato Grosso do Sul 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 7. Distribution of Belostomatidae in South America. Red symbol: known records,yellowsymbol:newrecords.(A) = Belostomadiscretum. (B)= B.carajaensis (square),B.candidulum (circle).