Belostoma costalimai 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 : 274

Belostoma costalimai De Carlo, 1938

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Diagnosis

Ventral abdominal pubescence extending along genital operculum, covering entire margin of connexivum and part of sternites ( Ribeiro 2007).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Maranhão • 1 ♀; Caxias municipality, Fazenda Bode ; 24 Jul. 1999; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira et al. leg. [00064]; 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; 12–20 Oct. 2012; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, A.A. Santos and C.F. Barros leg. [00042]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

BRAZIL: Espírito Santo ( Ribeiro 2007), Goiás ( Menke & Lauck 1962), Maranhão (this work); Mato Grosso ( Lauck 1964; Dias-Silva et al. 2010; Giehl et al. 2018), Minas Gerais ( De Carlo 1938; Nieser & Melo 1997; Pelli & Barbosa 1998; Melo & Nieser 2004), Pará ( Ribeiro 2000, 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Rio de Janeiro ( De Carlo 1938; Ribeiro 2005, 2007), Roraima ( Ribeiro 2000, 2007), São Paulo ( De Carlo 1938; Lauck 1964; Ribeiro 2007), Tocantins ( Menke & Lauck 1962; Lauck 1964); COLOMBIA ( Roback & Nieser 1974); SURINAME ( De Carlo 1960).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Maranhão.

Note

First records from the state of Maranhão and northeastern Brazil.

Figures

Figs 1–8. Dorsal and ventral habitus of males of examined species of Belostomatidae. 1. Belostoma bosqi De Carlo, 1932, ♂, Carolina municipality. 2. B. costalimai De Carlo, 1938, ♀, Caxias municipality. 3. B. anurum (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848), ♀, Caracol municipality. 4. B. dentatum (Mayr, 1863), ♀, Carolina municipality. 5. B. elongatum Montandon, 1908, ♀, Cândido Mendes municipality. 6. B. harrisi Lauck, 1964, ♀, Carolina municipality. 7. B. dilatatum (Dufour, 1863), ♂, Carolina municipality. 8. B. gestroi Montandon, 1900, ♂, Carolina municipality. Scale bars: 10 mm.

Figs 38–41. Geographic distribution of Belostoma in Brazil: yellow circles and gray stars indicate known record, red circles and stars indicate new records. 38. Belostoma bosqi De Carlo, 1932 and B. costalimai De Carlo, 1938. 39. B. anurum (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) and B. dentatum (Mayr, 1863). 40. B. elongatum Montandon, 1908 and B. harrisi Lauck, 1964. 41. B. dilatatum (Dufour, 1863) and B. gestroi Montandon, 1900.