Lethocerus paraensis, Lanzerde-Souza, 1991

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 : 21

Lethocerus paraensis Lanzer-de-Souza, 1991

junior synonym of L. maximus

( Figs. 3I , 11B )

Known distribution: ARGENTINA: Salta (Perez-Goodwyn, 1997). BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz de la Sierra ( Perez-Goodwyn, 1997). BRAZIL: Ceará, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul ( Perez-Goodwyn, 1997). PARAGUAY: Puerto Pinasco ( Perez-Goodwyn, 1997). VENEZUELA: Apure, Guárico ( Perez-Goodwyn, 1997).

Type Material examined: 1 female holotype, pinned, BRAZIL, Pará, Tucuruí lake, near Tocantins river, Germoplasma island, X.1987, Almir coll., Lanzer-de-Souza, 1991 det.

Figures

Figure 3. Species of Belostomatidae.Dorsal view.(A) = Belostoma pygmeum (Male, Amazonas).(B) = B.ribeiroi (Female,from Mato Grosso do Sul).(C) = B. stollii (Male,Amazonas).(D) = B.bachmanni (Female,from Amazonas).(E) =B.fittkaui(Male,from Amazonas).(F) = Lethocerusannulipes (Male,from Amazonas).(G) = L.delpontei(Male,from Amazonas).(H) = L.maximus (Male,from Roraima).(I) = L.paraensis – holotype (Female,from Pará).(J) =Horvathinia pelocoroides(Male, from Rondônia).(K) = Weberiellarhomboides (Male,from Rondônia).Scale bar: (A-E,J-K):2 mm,(F-I): 5 mm.

Figure 11. Distribution of Belostomatidae in South America. Red symbol: known records, yellow symbol: new records. (A) = Lethocerus delpontei (square),L.annulipes (circle).(B) = L. paraenses (square),L. maximus (circle).