Belostoma harrisi Lauck, 1964

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 : 279-280

Belostoma harrisi Lauck, 1964

Figs 6 , 20 , 40

Diagnosis

Clypeogenal cleft longer than clypeoloral cleft ( Fig. 20 ); prosternal keel rounded, broad, prominent, slightly projecting anterad in lateral view; dorsal arms of phallosoma very slender, widely separate, with outer margins slightly directed posteroventrally at mid-length, and apexes slightly convergent ( Ribeiro et al. 2017).

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. [00056]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; Mirador municipality, Zona Rural , Sítio Melancia ; [6°22′19.7″ S, 44°21′44.1″ W]; 19–20 Dec. 2006; R.O. Souza, J.C. Silva et al. leg. [00048]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

ARGENTINA ( Ribeiro et al. 2017); BRAZIL: Amazonas ( De Carlo 1966; Bachmann 1999; Ribeiro et al. 2017; Almeida et al. 2019), Maranhão (this work), Pará ( Lauck 1964; Bachmann 1999; Ribeiro et al. 2017; Almeida et al. 2019), Roraima ( Ribeiro et al. 2017; Almeida et al. 2019); GUYANA ( Lauck 1964); PERU ( Ribeiro et al. 2017); SURINAME ( Lauck 1964); VENEZUELA ( Lauck 1964).

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 17–22. Dorsal view of the head and part of the pronotum of examined species of Belostomatidae. 17. Belostoma anurum (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848), ♀, Caracol municipality. 18. B. dentatum (Mayr, 1863), ♀, Carolina municipality. 19. B. elongatum Montandon, 1908, ♀, Carolina municipality. 20. B. harrisi Lauck, 1964, ♀, Carolina municipality. 21. B. micantulum (Stål, 1860), ♂, Caxias municipality. 22. B. nessimiani Ribeiro & Alecrim, 2008, ♂, Caxias municipality. Scale bars: 1 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.