Belostoma plebejum (Stål, 1860)

Diagnosis

Total body length 14.20–15.90 mm. Clypeogenal cleft as long as clypeoloral cleft; anteoculus shorter than interoculus; labial article I shorter than II; prosternal keel prominent, with anterior margin straight, projected anterad. Abdominal pubescence slightly developed on the penultimate segment. More robust than B. micantulum (Estévez & Polhemus 2007) .

Distribution

ARGENTINA (Montandon 1895); BRAZIL (Dufour 1863): Amazonas (Pereira & Melo 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Bahia (Ribeiro 2007), Espírito Santo (Nieser & Melo 1997; Ribeiro 2007; Martins et al. 2017), Goiás (Menke & Lauck 1962), Mato Grosso (Ribeiro 2007), Minas Gerais (De Carlo 1938; Nieser & Melo 1997; Pelli & Barbosa 1998; Pereira & Melo 1998; Melo & Nieser 2004; Souza et al. 2006; Ribeiro 2007; Gallo et al. 2017; Pelli et al. 2020), Pará (Ribeiro 2007), Rio de Janeiro (Stål 1860; Ribeiro 2005; Estévez & Polhemus 2007), Rio Grande do Sul (Ribeiro et al. 2018), Roraima (Almeida et al. 2019), Santa Catarina (De Carlo 1938; Estévez & Polhemus 2007), São Paulo (Piza 1975; Estévez & Polhemus 2007; Ribeiro 2007); ECUADOR (Sites 1990); PARAGUAY (Estévez & Polhemus 2007); PERU (Estévez & Polhemus 2007); URUGUAY (Ruffinelli & Pirán 1959); VENEZUELA (Dufour 1863).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Bahia.