Belostoma plebejum ( Stål, 1860 )

Franco, Cleilton Lima, Stefanello, Fabiano, Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto Silva de & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2024, Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of northeastern Brazil, European Journal of Taxonomy 932, pp. 271-304 : 287

Belostoma plebejum ( Stål, 1860)

Diagnosis

Total body length 14.20–15.90 mm. Clypeogenal cleft as long as clypeoloral cleft; anteoculus shorter than interoculus; labial article I shorter than II; prosternal keel prominent, with anterior margin straight, projected anterad. Abdominal pubescence slightly developed on the penultimate segment. More robust than B. micantulum ( Estévez & Polhemus 2007) .

Distribution

ARGENTINA ( Montandon 1895); BRAZIL ( Dufour 1863): Amazonas ( Pereira & Melo 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Bahia ( Ribeiro 2007), Espírito Santo ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Ribeiro 2007; Martins et al. 2017), Goiás ( Menke & Lauck 1962), Mato Grosso ( Ribeiro 2007), Minas Gerais ( De Carlo 1938; Nieser & Melo 1997; Pelli & Barbosa 1998; Pereira & Melo 1998; Melo & Nieser 2004; Souza et al. 2006; Ribeiro 2007; Gallo et al. 2017; Pelli et al. 2020), Pará ( Ribeiro 2007), Rio de Janeiro ( Stål 1860; Ribeiro 2005; Estévez & Polhemus 2007), Rio Grande do Sul ( Ribeiro et al. 2018), Roraima ( Almeida et al. 2019), Santa Catarina ( De Carlo 1938; Estévez & Polhemus 2007), São Paulo ( Piza 1975; Estévez & Polhemus 2007; Ribeiro 2007); ECUADOR ( Sites 1990); PARAGUAY ( Estévez & Polhemus 2007); PERU ( Estévez & Polhemus 2007); URUGUAY ( Ruffinelli & Pirán 1959); VENEZUELA ( Dufour 1863).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Bahia.