Belostoma bosqi De Carlo, 1932

Almeida, Thaís Melo de, Stefanello, Fabiano & Hamada, Neusa, 2019, Belostomatidae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) held in the Invertebrate Collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil: inventory and new distributional records, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 59, pp. 1-23 : 6

Belostoma bosqi De Carlo, 1932

( Figs. 1B , 4B )

Known distribution: ARGENTINA: Chaco ( De Carlo, 1930), Corrientes ( Lauck, 1964), Missiones ( De Carlo, 1932). BOLIVIA: Pando ( Lauck, 1964), Santa Cruz ( Lauck, 1964). BRAZIL: Amazonas ( Nieser, 1975), Goiás ( Menke & Lauck, 1962), Mato Grosso ( Lauck, 1964), Mato Grosso do Sul ( De Carlo, 1930), Minas Gerais ( Ribeiro et al., 2018), Rondônia ( Ribeiro et al., 2018), São Paulo ( Ribeiro et al., 2018), Tocantins ( Lauck, 1964). PERU: Huánuco ( Lauck, 1964), Ucayali ( Lauck, 1964). SURINAM: Marowijne ( Nieser, 1975). VENEZUELA: Portuguesa ( Lauck, 1964).

Material examined: 1female,pinned, BRAZIL, Amazonas, Manaus municipality, BR 174,km 45,Cabeça Branca stream, mixed light trap, 08.VIII.2001,C.A.S.Azevedo coll., Hemiptera – Belostomatidae,C.A.S. Azevedo , 27.VIII.2001 det.; 2 males, pinned, 90 km from Manaus municipality, ZF-2 Reserve, km 14, tower, 02°35’21”S 60°06’55”W, mixed light and BLB, 13-16.VIII.2004,J.A.Rafael,F.F.Xavier Fº,A. R.Ururahy,A.Silva F & S.Trovisco colls., T.M.Almeida,2013 det. 1 male,pinned, Maranhão, Caxias municipality, 04°39’32”S 43°03’51”W, 100m, 19. V.2007,J.A.Rafael,F.F.Xavier Fº& F.L.Oliveira colls., T.M.Almeida,2013 det. 5 males and 1 female,pinned, Mato Grosso, Cáceres municipality, 16°09’30”S 57°07’05”W, light trap, 30. IV.2006,J.A.Rafael& F.F.Xavier Fº colls., T.M.Almeida, 2013 det.; 1 female, pinned, Chapada dos Guimarães municipality, Salgadeira, 15°21’23”S 55°49’48”W, light trap, 05. V.2006,J.A.Rafael & F.F.Xavier Fº colls., T.M.Almeida,2013 det.; 2 males and 1 female, pinned, Poconé municipality, Ipiranga farm, 16°23’06”S 56°35’28”W, light trap, 02. V.2006, J.A.Rafael & F.F.Xavier Fº colls., T.M. Almeida,2013 det.

Notes: This is the first record of B. bosqi to Maranhão state ( Brazil).

Figures

Figure 1. Species of Belostomatidae. Dorsal view.(A) = Belostoma aurivillianum (Male, from Amazonas). (B) = B. bosqi (Female, from Ceará).(C) = B. costalimai (Male,from Pará).(D) = B.dallasi (Male,from Bahia).(E) = B.dentatum (Male, from Amazonas).(F) = B.elongatum (Male, from Mato Grosso).(G) = B.foveolatum (Male, from Ceará). (H) = B. guianae (Female, from Roraima). (I) = B. harrisi (Male, Amazonas). (J) = B. amazonum (Male, Amazonas). (K) = B. denticolle (Male, Amazonas).(L) = B.dilatatum (Male,Maranhão).Scale bar:2 mm.

Figure 4. Distribution of Belostomatidae in South America. Red symbol – known records, yellow symbol – new records.(A) = Belostoma aurivillianum (circle).(B) = B.bosqi (circle),B.costalimai (square).