Belostomatidae, Leach, 1815

Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana, Reyes, Cristina Armúa De & Estévez, Ana Lía, 2022, Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Iberá Natural Reserve (Corrientes Province, Argentina), Zootaxa 5104 (4), pp. 451-505 : 473

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D2B6F489-D907-4AC7-9C09-8464DF56BCED
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6333252
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D7768787-FFAB-0D24-1ADB-FCDE1011F9E8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Belostomatidae
status

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Belostomatidae View in CoL

Belostomatidae View in CoL is the richest family of aquatic bugs in Argentina, with 31 described species in three genera ( Coscarón 2017). Belostoma nicaeum Estévez & Polhemus, 2007 View in CoL and B. pygmaeum ( Dufour, 1863) were recorded from Argentina (Corrientes Province: Colonia Carlos Pellegrini, in INR) by Estévez et al. (2003) and Estévez & Armúa de Reyes (2003), respectively, which was repeated by Coscarón (2017). Estévez & Polhemus (2007) presented the distribution of these species without mentioning Argentina. Therefore, the records of B. nicaeum View in CoL and B. pygmaeum from this country are not considered here. Poi de Neiff (1984, 1993, 2003), Armúa de Reyes & Estévez (1999, 2016), Estévez & Armúa de Reyes (2003), Estévez et al. (2003), Schnack & Estévez (2005) and Perez Goodwyn (2006) previously reported 14 species from INR, of which three were not collected during this study: Belostoma bosqi De Carlo, 1932 View in CoL ; B. testaceopallidum Latreille, 1807 View in CoL ; and Horvathinia pelocoroides Montandon, 1911 View in CoL . During this study, we collected 11 species of Belostomatidae View in CoL from INR, including three new records for this Reserve: Belostoma candidulum Montandon, 1903 View in CoL ; B. discretum Montandon, 1903 View in CoL ; and Lethocerus maximus De Carlo, 1938 View in CoL . Seven species of Belostomatidae View in CoL ( Belostoma bergi (Montandon, 1899) View in CoL ; B. cummingsi De Carlo, 1935 View in CoL ; B. gestroi Montandon, 1900 View in CoL ; B. orbiculatum Estévez & Polhemus, 2011 View in CoL ; B. oxyurum ( Dufour, 1863) View in CoL ; B. retusum Estévez & Polhemus, 2001 View in CoL ; Lethocerus bruchi De Carlo, 1931 View in CoL ), reported from Corrientes Province ( De Carlo 1930, 1932, 1938, 1964b; Lauck 1964; Nieser 1975; Schnack 1976; Lanzer-de Souza 1980; Contartese & Bachmann 1987; Viscarret & Bachmann 1997; Bachmann 1998; Armúa de Reyes & Estévez 1999; Estévez & Polhemus 2001; López Ruf et al. 2003; Morrone et al. 2004; Ribeiro 2004, 2007; Perez Goodwyn 2006; Torres et al. 2007; Armúa de Reyes & Kehr 2008; Armúa de Reyes 2012; Chirino et al. 2013), have not been collected from INR.