Belostoma plebejum ( Stål, 1860 )

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 : 17

Belostoma plebejum ( Stål, 1860)

( Figs. 2L , 8B )

Known distribution: ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, Concordia, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Misiones, Santa Fe, Tucumán ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007; Ribeiro et al., 2018). BRAZIL: Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais,Pará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina ( Stål, 1860; Estévez & Polhemus, 2007; Ribeiro et al., 2018). PARAGUAY: Alvobena, Guairá ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007; Ribeiro et al., 2018). PERU: Marañón River, Quincemil ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007; Ribeiro et al., 2018). URUGUAY: Lavalleja, Tacuarembó ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007; Ribeiro et al., 2018). VENEZUELA: ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007; Ribeiro et al., 2018).

Material examined: 1 male, ethyl alcohol 70%, BRAZIL, Amazonas, Iranduba municipality, Camaleão lake, Marchantaria island , 30.IX.2002, D.L. V. Pereira coll., A.L. Melo det. ; 1 female, ethyl alcohol 70%, Iranduba municipality, Redondo lake, Marchantaria island , 30.IX.2002, D.L. V. Pereira coll., A.L. Melo det. ; 1 female, ethyl alcohol 70%, Presidente Figueiredo municipality, Onça stream, AM 240 , km 20, 11.IX.2002, D.L. V. Pereira coll., A.L. Melo det. 1 male, ethyl alcohol 70%, Roraima, Amajari municipality, Maracá Ecological Station , Pedra Sentada stream, near Uraricoera river , 05.IX.1987, team Ericó coll., T. M. Almeida, 2013 det .

Notes: This is the first record of B. plebejum from Roraima 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 8. Distribution of Belostomatidae in South America. Red symbol: known records, yellow symbol: new records. (A) = Belostoma estevezae (square), B. micantulum (circle), B. minusculum (triangle) [not all distributional records are shown on the map], B. nessimiani (cross). (B) = B. nicaem (cross),B.parvum (square),B.plebejum (circle),B. pygmeum (triangle).