Belostoma aurivillianum (Montandon, 1899)

Figs 12, 44

Diagnosis

Body elongate (length 2.3× the width); lateral margins of body almost parallel; length of anteoculus 0.88–1.13 × length of interoculus (Ribeiro 2007).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Maranhão • 16 ♂♂; Cândido Mendes municipality, Fazenda 7 Irmãos; 1°52′06″ S, 45°45′59.7″ W; 2–6 Jul. 2019; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, D. Limeira and J.S. Brito leg. [00120, 00121 00124, 00126, 00128, 00129, 00133, 00134, 00137, 00139, 00144, 00147, 00149, 00150, 00151, 00157]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 19 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, D. Limeira and J.S. Brito leg. [00122, 00123, 00125, 00127, 00135, 00136, 00138, 00140, 00141, 00142, 00143, 00145, 00146, 00148, 00152, 00153, 00154, 00155, 00156]; CZMA • 1 ♀; Mirador [sic, Formosa da Serra Negra] municipality, Parque Estadual do Mirador; [6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W]; 22 Feb.–1 Mar. 2009; M.B. Aguiar-Neto and M.J.A. Holanda leg. [00046]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

BOLIVIA (Nieser 1975); BRAZIL (Montandon 1899): Goiás (Menke & Lauck 1962), Maranhão (this work), Mato Grosso (Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Minas Gerais (Nieser & Melo 1997; Pelli et al. 2006; Ribeiro 2007), Pará (Lauck 1963; Ribeiro 2007), Paraná (Ribeiro 2007), Rio de Janeiro (Ribeiro 2005), Rio Grande do Sul (Lanzer 1976), Rondônia (Almeida et al. 2019), Roraima (Nieser 1975; Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), São Paulo (De Carlo 1938; Lauck 1963; Ribeiro 2007); COLOMBIA (Montandon 1899); PARAGUAY (De Carlo 1966); SURINAME (Nieser 1975); VENEZUELA (Montandon 1899).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Maranhão.

Note

First records from the state of Maranhão and northeastern Brazil.