Lethocerus maximus De Carlo, 1938

Figs 16, 45

Diagnosis

Total body length 90–110 mm; fore claw shorter than tarsomeres; ventromesal projection of hind tibia pointed (Perez-Goodwyn 2006: fig. 4); hind femur equal to or longer than fore femur (Perez-Goodwyn 2006).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Maranhão • 1 ♀; Riachão municipality, Faz. Alto Varredura; [7°21′55.3″ S, 46°37′23.9″ W]; 18–22 Jul. 2009; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. [00001]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

ARGENTINA (Río & Achaval 1904); BOLIVIA (De Carlo 1938); BRAZIL: Acre (Almeida et al. 2019), Amapá (Almeida et al. 2019), Amazonas (Almeida et al. 2019), Ceará (Dias da Rocha 1936), Espírito Santo (Perez-Goodwyn 2006), Mato Grosso (Heckman 1998), Mato Grosso do Sul (De Carlo 1938; Floriano et al. 2013), Pará (Cummings 1933; Lanzer-de-Souza 1991), Rio de Janeiro (Menke & Lauck 1962), Rio Grande do Sul (De Carlo 1938), Roraima (Almeida et al. 2019); COLOMBIA (Cummings 1933); CURAÇAO (Nieser & Alkins-Koo 1991); FRENCH GUIANA (Amyot & Serville 1843); GUYANA (Uhler 1884); PARAGUAY (Cummings 1933); PERU (Perez-Goodwyn 2006); SURINAME (De Geer 1773); TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (Hynes 1948); VENEZUELA (De Carlo 1938).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Ceará and Maranhão.

Notes

First record from the state of Maranhão.