Belostoma gestroi Montandon, 1900

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 : 281-282

Belostoma gestroi Montandon, 1900

Figs 8 , 41

Diagnosis

Body elliptical; ventral abdominal pubescence not extending along the genital operculum, covering half of the connexivum ( Lauck 1963).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Maranhão • 1 ♂; 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. [00053]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, T.T. Silva and T.L. Rocha leg. [00050]; CZMA • 1 ♂; Mirador [sic, Formosa da Serra Negra] municipality, Parque Estadual do Mirador , Base da geraldina ; [6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W]; 20–23 Apr. 2007; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. [00047]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

ARGENTINA ( Montandon 1900); BOLIVIA ( De Carlo 1930); BRAZIL: Amazonas ( Lauck 1963; Ribeiro 2004; Almeida et al. 2019), Maranhão (this work), Mato Grosso ( Heckman 1998), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Lauck 1963; Ribeiro 2004), Pará ( Almeida et al. 2019); PARAGUAY ( Montandon 1900); PERU ( Lauck 1963); SURINAME ( Nieser 1975).

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.