Belostoma discretum Montandon, 1903

Figs 9, 42

Diagnosis

Body medium-sized, total length 22.5–27.2 mm; prosternal keel prominent, acute at apex; ventral abdominal pubescence not extending along genital operculum, covering about half of connexivum (Ribeiro 2007).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Maranhão • 1 ♂; Carolina municipality, Perímetro Urbano; 7°19′40″ S, 47°27′14″ W; 25– 26 Dec. 2013; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, T.T. Silva and T.L. Rocha leg.; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; C.N [Centro Novo do Maranhão] municipality, Reserva Biologica do Gurupi; 3°14′01″ S, 46°40′52″ W; 1–5 Jul. 2011; M.M. Abreu and J.A. Silva leg. [00069]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; Mirador [sic, Formosa da Serra Negra] municipality, Parque Estadual do Mirador, Base da geraldina; [6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W]; 7–14 May 2010; J.K.P. Bezerra-Silva and J.H. Veras-e-Silva leg. [00078]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

ARGENTINA (Montandon 1903); BOLIVIA (Lauck 1963); BRAZIL: Acre (Ribeiro 2007), Amazonas (De Carlo 1938; Lauck 1963; Nieser 1975; Pereira & Melo 2007; Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Maranhão (Ribeiro 2007; this work); Mato Grosso (De Carlo 1930; Heckman 1998), Mato Grosso do Sul (Ribeiro 2007; Floriano et al. 2013), Pará (Nieser 1975; Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Rio de Janeiro (Ribeiro 2005), Rio Grande do Sul (Almeida et al. 2019), Rondônia (Ribeiro 2007), São Paulo (De Carlo 1938; Lauck 1963; Ribeiro 2007; Gallo et al. 2017), Tocantins (Menke & Lauck 1962; Almeida et al. 2019); COLOMBIA (Morales-Castaño et al. 2008); PARAGUAY (Montandon 1903); PERU (Lauck 1963).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Maranhão.