Lethocerus maximus De Carlo, 1938

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 : 293

Lethocerus maximus De Carlo, 1938

Figs 16 , 45

Diagnosis

Total body length 90–110 mm; fore claw shorter than tarsomeres; ventromesal projection of hind tibia pointed ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006: fig. 4); hind femur equal to or longer than fore femur ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Maranhão • 1 ♀; Riachão municipality, Faz. Alto Varredura ; [7°21′55.3″ S, 46°37′23.9″ W]; 18–22 Jul. 2009; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. [00001]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

ARGENTINA ( Río & Achaval 1904); BOLIVIA ( De Carlo 1938); BRAZIL: Acre ( Almeida et al. 2019), Amapá ( Almeida et al. 2019), Amazonas ( Almeida et al. 2019), Ceará ( Dias da Rocha 1936), Espírito Santo ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006), Mato Grosso ( Heckman 1998), Mato Grosso do Sul ( De Carlo 1938; Floriano et al. 2013), Pará ( Cummings 1933; Lanzer-de-Souza 1991), Rio de Janeiro ( Menke & Lauck 1962), Rio Grande do Sul ( De Carlo 1938), Roraima ( Almeida et al. 2019); COLOMBIA ( Cummings 1933); CURAÇAO ( Nieser & Alkins-Koo 1991); FRENCH GUIANA ( Amyot & Serville 1843); GUYANA ( Uhler 1884); PARAGUAY ( Cummings 1933); PERU ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006); SURINAME ( De Geer 1773); TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ( Hynes 1948); VENEZUELA ( De Carlo 1938).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Ceará and Maranhão.

Notes

First record from the state of Maranhão.

Figures

Figs 9–16. Dorsal and ventral habitus of examined species of Belostomatidae. 9. Belostoma discretum Montandon, 1903, ♂, Carolina municipality. 10. B. micantulum (Stål, 1860), ♂, Caxias municipality. 11. B. nessimiani Ribeiro & Alecrim, 2008, ♂, Caxias municipality. 12. B. aurivillianum (Montandon, 1899), ♂, Cândido Mendes municipality. 13. B. stollii (Amyot & Serville, 1843), ♀, Cândido Mendes municipality. 14. Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845), ♂, Ubajara municipality. 15. L. delpontei De Carlo, 1930, ♂, Caxias municipality. 16. L. maximus De Carlo, 1938, ♀, Riachão municipality. Scale bars: 9–11, 14–16 = 10 mm; 12–13 = 1 mm.

Figs 42–45. 42–44. Geographic distribution of Belostoma in Brazil: yellow circles and gray stars indicate known records, red circles and stars indicate new records. 42. Belostoma discretum Montandon, 1903. 43. B. micantulum (Stål, 1860) and B. nessimiani Ribeiro & Alecrim, 2008. 44. B. aurivillianum (Montandon, 1899) and B. stollii (Amyot & Serville, 1843). 45. Distribution of Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845), L. delpontei De Carlo, 1930 and L. maximus De Carlo, 1938: yellow circles, gray stars, and orange cross indicate known records, red circles, stars, and cross indicate new records.