Belostoma gestroi Montandon, 1900

Figs 8, 41

Diagnosis

Body elliptical; ventral abdominal pubescence not extending along the genital operculum, covering half of the connexivum (Lauck 1963).

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. [00053]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, T.T. Silva and T.L. Rocha leg. [00050]; CZMA • 1 ♂; Mirador [sic, Formosa da Serra Negra] municipality, Parque Estadual do Mirador, Base da geraldina; [6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W]; 20–23 Apr. 2007; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. [00047]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

ARGENTINA (Montandon 1900); BOLIVIA (De Carlo 1930); BRAZIL: Amazonas (Lauck 1963; Ribeiro 2004; Almeida et al. 2019), Maranhão (this work), Mato Grosso (Heckman 1998), Mato Grosso do Sul (Lauck 1963; Ribeiro 2004), Pará (Almeida et al. 2019); PARAGUAY (Montandon 1900); PERU (Lauck 1963); SURINAME (Nieser 1975).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Maranhão.

Note

First records from the state of Maranhão and northeastern Brazil.