Belostoma dilatatum (Dufour, 1863)

Figs 7, 41

Diagnosis

Body elliptical to rounded; ventral abdominal pubescence extending along genital operculum, covering entire margin of connexivum (Lauck 1963).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Maranhão • 3 ♂♂; 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. [00051, 00052, 00160]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

ARGENTINA (De Carlo 1930); BOLIVIA (Lauck 1963); BRAZIL: Maranhão (Almeida et al. 2019; this work), Mato Grosso (Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Mato Grosso do Sul (Ribeiro 2007; Floriano et al. 2013), Minas Gerais (Ribeiro 2007), Pará (Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Paraíba (Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Paraná (Gallo et al. 2017), Rio de Janeiro (Ribeiro 2005), Rio Grande do Sul (Lanzer 1976; Lanzer-de-Souza 1988; Amato & Amato 2005, 2006), São Paulo (Ribeiro 2007; Bardella et al. 2012); PARAGUAY (Lauck 1963); URUGUAY (Ruffinelli & Pirán 1959).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Maranhão and Paraíba.