Brachymetra lata Shaw, 1933

Lima Franco, Cleilton, Mourão dos Santos Rodrigues, Juliana, Silva de Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2021, Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from eastern Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil, Check List 17 (2), pp. 551-568 : 553-554

Brachymetra lata Shaw, 1933

Figure 5E–G

New records. BRAZIL • 1 ♂, 8 ♀; Maranhão, Cax- ias, Inhamum stream; −04.89833, −043.43333; 26 Aug. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00016–00019, 00086 • 2 ♀; Maranhão, Caxias, Jatobá stream; −04.90972, −043.11666; 28 Aug. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00269, 00281 • 1 ♂; Maranhão, Caxias, Planaçucar stream; −04.90666, −043.36250; 12 Aug. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00048 • 6 ♂, 5 ♀; Maranhão, São João do Soter, Pedras stream; −04.98194, −043.62638; 07

Jun. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00006.

Identification. Our specimens of B. lata can be distinguished from B. albinervus and other species of the genus based on the eye surpassing the anterolateral angle of the pronotum ( Fig. 5E); the quadrate posterior margin of the pronotum ( Fig. 5E); the lack of silvery setae on the dorsum of the acetabula ( Fig. 5E, G); and the fore femur slender, densely covered by conical black setae on the venter ( Cordeiro 2017).

Distribution in Brazil. RR, AP, AM, PA, RO, MA*, MT.

Subfamily Cylindrostethinae

Cylindrostethus Mayr, 1865