Lethocerus delpontei De Carlo, 1930

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 : 291-293

Lethocerus delpontei De Carlo, 1930

Figs 15 , 45

Diagnosis

Eyes with mesal margins parallel, posterior margin oblique; interoculus slightly carinated; prosternal keel rounded at apex ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006: fig. 37); ventromesal projection of hind tibia rounded ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006: fig. 3); hind tibia as wide as hind femur; tarsomere II of hindleg much longer than III ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Maranhão • 1 ♀; Bom Jardim municipality, Reserva Biologica do Gurupi, REBIO ; [3°32′41.0″ S, 45°36′35.1″ W]; 1–5 Jan. 2011; M.M. Abreu and A.A. Santos leg. [00010]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; Caxias municipality, Reserva Ecologica do Inhamum ; [4°53′56″ S, 43°26′10″ W]; 1–3 Sep. 2005; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira et al. leg. [00008]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; C.N. [Centro Novo do Maranhão] municipality, Reserva Biologica do Gurupi, REBIO ; 3°14′05″ S, 46°41′03″ W; 7–15 Jan. 2011; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, M.M. Abreu and E.A. Barbosa leg. [00096]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, M.M. Abreu and E.A. Barbosa leg. [00011, 00012]; CZMA . • 1 ♂; C.N. [Centro Novo do Maranhão] municipality, Reserva Biologica do Gurupi, REBIO ; 3°14′05″ S, 46°41′03″ W; 7–15 Jan. 2011; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, M.M. Abreus and E.A. Barbosa leg. [00005]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; C.N. [Centro Novo do Maranhão] municipality, Reserva Biologica do Gurupi, REBIO ; 3°14′05″ S, 46°41′83″ W; 1–6 Mar. 2011; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, M.M. Abreu and J.A. Silva leg. [00003]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, M.M. Abreu and J.A. Silva leg. [00002]; CZMA . • 3 ♂♂; C.N. [Centro Novo do Maranhão] municipality, Reserva Biologica do Gurupi, REBIO ; 3°14′05″ S, 46°41′03″ W; 1–6 Mar. 2011; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, M.M. Abreu and E.A. Barbosa leg. [00013, 00015, 00023]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 4 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, M.M. Abreu and E.A. Barbosa leg. [00013, 00016, 00017, 00024]; CZMA . • 3 ♂♂; C.N. [Centro Novo do Maranhão] municipality, Reserva Biologica do Gurupi, REBIO ; 3°14′05″ S, 46°41′03″ W; 3–7 May 2011; M.M. Abreu and J.A. Silva leg. [00019, 00027, 00095]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 6 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; M.M. Abreu and J.A. Silva leg. [00004, 00005, 00009, 00014, 00020, 00021]; CZMA . • 1 ♀; C.N. [Centro Novo do Maranhão] municipality, Reserva Biologica do Gurupi, REBIO ; 3°14′05″ S, 46°41′03″ W; 1–5 Jul. 2011; M.M. Abreu and J.A. Silva leg. [00025]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; F.[ortaleza dos] Nogueiras municipality, Santa Maria Farm , E. Experimental Agroserra ; [6°57′54.4″ S, 46°09′58.9″ W]; 7–15 May 2010; C.S. Nunes and E. Rodrigues-da-Silva leg. [00022]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; Mirador [sic, Formosa da Serra Negra] municipality, Parque Estadual do Mirador , Base da geraldina ; 6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W; 30 Jun.–6 Jul. 2011; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, T.T. Silva and A.A. Santos leg. [00029]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; Mirador [sic, Formosa da Serra Negra] municipality, Parque Estadual do Mirador ; 6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W; 12–20 Sep. 2012; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, L.S. Santos and C.F. Barros leg. [00030]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, L.S. Santos and C.F. Barros leg. [00031]; CZMA .

Distribution

ARGENTINA ( De Carlo 1930); BOLIVIA ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006); BRAZIL ( Mayr 1866, 1871; Perez-Goodwyn 2006): Amazonas ( Almeida et al. 2019), Bahia ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006), Espírito Santo ( Cummings 1933; Bastos et al. 1994), Goiás ( Menke & Lauck 1962; Batista et al. 2013), Mato Grosso ( Heckman 1998), Minas Gerais ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006), Pará ( Almeida et al. 2019), Paraná ( De Carlo 1931), Rio de Janeiro ( Mayr 1866; Ribeiro 2005), Rio Grande do Sul ( Ribeiro et al. 2018), Santa Catarina ( Cummings 1933; Perez-Goodwyn 2006), São Paulo ( Cummings 1933; De Carlo 1964; Perez-Goodwyn 2006); COLOMBIA ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006); COSTA RICA ( Menke 1963); ECUADOR ( Cummings 1933); GUYANA ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006); NICARAGUA ( Menke 1963); PANAMA ( Cummings 1933); PARAGUAY ( De Carlo 1930); PERU ( Aichinger 1987); SURINAME ( Nieser 1975); VENEZUELA ( De Carlo 1964).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Bahia, and Maranhão.

Note

First records 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.