Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845)

Franco, Cleilton Lima, Stefanello, Fabiano, Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto Silva de & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2024, Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of northeastern Brazil, European Journal of Taxonomy 932, pp. 271-304 : 290-291

Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845)

Figs 14 , 45

Diagnosis

Eyes with mesal margins parallel, posterior margins straight; fore claw longer than tarsomeres; prosternal keel pointed at apex ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006: fig. 38); ventromesal projection of hind tibia rounded ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006: fig. 3); parasternites III–VI or VII with longitudinal dark stripe ( Fig. 14 ) ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006).

Material examined

BRAZIL – Ceará • 1 ♂; Ubajara municipality, Parque Nacional de Ubajara , Cachoeira do Cafundó ; 3°50′13″ S, 40°54′35″ W; 21–24 Apr. 2012; J.A. Rafael and F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. [00028]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA . – Maranhão • 1 ♂; Caxias municipality, Reserva Ecologica do Inhamum ; [4°53′56″ S, 43°26′10″ W]; 1– 3 Sep. 200? [year unknown]; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira et al. leg. [00006]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; Fumo Verde ; [4°55′15.0″ S, 43°21′04.0″ W]; 20 Feb. 2004; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira et al. leg. [00026]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; Universidade Estadual do Maranhão , Morro do Alecrim ; 4°51′56″ S, 43°21′16″ W; 26 Feb. 2017; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. [00032]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; Mirador municipality [sic, Formosa da Serra Negra], Parque Estadual do Mirador , Base da geraldina ; [6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W]; 11–15 Nov. 2007; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. [00007]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA .

Distribution

ARGENTINA ( Berg 1879); BRAZIL ( Dohrn 1859; Dufour 1863; Mayr 1866): Amazonas ( Almeida et al. 2019), Bahia ( Perez-Goodwyn 2006), Ceará (this work), Goiás ( Menke & Lauck 1962; Perez-Goodwyn 2006; Batista et al. 2014), Maranhão ( Almeida et al. 2019; this work), Mato Grosso ( De Carlo 1938; Heckman 1998; Almeida et al. 2019), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Floriano et al. 2013), Minas Gerais ( Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004; Souza et al. 2006), Paraíba ( Almeida et al. 2019), Paraná ( Batista et al. 2013; Gambale et al. 2014; Almeida et al. 2019), Rio de Janeiro ( Mayr 1866; Ribeiro 2005; Figueiredo-de-Andrade et al. 2010; Ribeiro et al. 2017), Rio Grande do Sul ( De Carlo 1964; Lanzer 1975; Link & Lanzer-de-Souza 1983; Lanzer-de-Souza 1988; Perez-Goodwyn 2006; Ribeiro et al. 2017), Roraima ( Almeida et al. 2019), Santa Catarina ( Cummings 1933; Perez-Goodwyn 2006), São Paulo ( Cummings 1933; Perez-Goodwyn 2006); COLOMBIA ( Champion 1901); COSTA RICA ( Pittier & Biolley 1895); DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ( Reid & Malumphy 2008); ECUADOR ( Uhler 1869); FRENCH GUIANA ( Cummings 1933); GUADELOUPE ( Meurgey 2011); GUYANA ( Cummings 1933); HISPANIOLA ISLAND ( Menke 1963); NICARAGUA ( Maes 1989); PANAMA ( Champion 1901); PARAGUAY ( De Carlo 1930); PUERTO RICO ( Barber 1923); SURINAME ( Mayr 1871); TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ( Hynes 1948); URUGUAY ( De Carlo 1930); VENEZUELA ( Mayr 1871).

Distribution in northeastern Brazil

Ceará, Maranhão, and Paraíba.

Note

First record from the state of Ceará.

Figures

Figs 9–16. Dorsal and ventral habitus of examined species of Belostomatidae. 9. Belostoma discretum Montandon, 1903, ♂, Carolina municipality. 10. B. micantulum (Stål, 1860), ♂, Caxias municipality. 11. B. nessimiani Ribeiro & Alecrim, 2008, ♂, Caxias municipality. 12. B. aurivillianum (Montandon, 1899), ♂, Cândido Mendes municipality. 13. B. stollii (Amyot & Serville, 1843), ♀, Cândido Mendes municipality. 14. Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845), ♂, Ubajara municipality. 15. L. delpontei De Carlo, 1930, ♂, Caxias municipality. 16. L. maximus De Carlo, 1938, ♀, Riachão municipality. Scale bars: 9–11, 14–16 = 10 mm; 12–13 = 1 mm.

Figs 42–45. 42–44. Geographic distribution of Belostoma in Brazil: yellow circles and gray stars indicate known records, red circles and stars indicate new records. 42. Belostoma discretum Montandon, 1903. 43. B. micantulum (Stål, 1860) and B. nessimiani Ribeiro & Alecrim, 2008. 44. B. aurivillianum (Montandon, 1899) and B. stollii (Amyot & Serville, 1843). 45. Distribution of Lethocerus annulipes (Herrich-Schäffer, 1845), L. delpontei De Carlo, 1930 and L. maximus De Carlo, 1938: yellow circles, gray stars, and orange cross indicate known records, red circles, stars, and cross indicate new records.