Belostoma bosqi De Carlo, 1932

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 : 273-274

Belostoma bosqi De Carlo, 1932

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Diagnosis

Yellowish or whitish longitudinal median stripe on pronotum and scutellum; ventral abdominal pubescence not extending along genital operculum, covering about one-third of connexivum ( Ribeiro 2007).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Maranhão • 2 ♂♂; Carolina municipality, Perímetro Urbano ; 7°19′40″ S, 47°27′14″ W; 25–26 Dec. 2013; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, T.T. Silva and T.L. Rocha leg. [00057, 00058]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, T.T. Silva and T.L. Rocha leg. [00059, 00060]; CZMA • 1 ♂; Caxias municipality, Reserva Ecologica do Inhamum ; [04°53′56″ S, 43°26′10″ W]; 27–29 Apr. 2006; R.O. Souza et al. leg. [00044]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; Reserva Ecologica do Inhamum ; [4°53′56″ S, 43°26′10″ W]; 8–9 Aug. 2008; L.L. Reis leg. [00063]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

ARGENTINA ( De Carlo 1930); BOLIVIA ( Lauck 1964); BRAZIL: Amazonas ( Nieser 1975; Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Maranhão ( Almeida et al. 2019; this work), Mato Grosso ( Lauck 1964; Heckman 1998; Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019; Dias-Silva et al. 2020), Mato Grosso do Sul ( De Carlo 1930, Ribeiro 2007), Minas Gerais ( Ribeiro 2007), Rondônia ( Ribeiro 2007), São Paulo ( Ribeiro 2007), Tocantins ( Menke & Lauck 1962); PARAGUAY ( De Carlo 1930); PERU ( Lauck 1964); SURINAME ( Lauck 1964); VENEZUELA ( Lauck 1964).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Maranhão.

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.