Belostoma minusculum ( Uhler, 1884 )

Almeida, Thaís Melo de, Stefanello, Fabiano & Hamada, Neusa, 2019, Belostomatidae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) held in the Invertebrate Collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil: inventory and new distributional records, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 59, pp. 1-23 : 16

Belostoma minusculum ( Uhler, 1884)

( Figs. 2H , 8A )

Known distribution: COSTA RICA: San José, Puntarenas ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). HONDURAS: Choluteca ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). NICARAGUA: Bonanza, La Trinidad, Somoto ( Uhler, 1884; Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). PANAMA: Barro Colorado Island ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Barataria ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). VENEZUELA: Barinitas, Guárico, Miranda ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007).

Material examined: 1female,ethyl alcohol70%, BRAZIL, Amazonas, Ataiana stream,near Negro river , 10.VIII.2009, PT1063, T. M. Almeida, 2018 det .; 1 male, ethyl alcohol 70%, Careiro da Várzea municipality, 08.IX.2011, H.D.D. Rodrigues coll., T. M. Almeida, 2018 det .; 2 females, ethyl alcohol 70%, Itacoatiara municipality, Amazonas river, Trindade island , 03°18’48.4”S 58°43’56.3”W, UV light trap, A17 UV, 22.IX.2003, P. de Marco & N. Ferreira-Jr. colls., V. P. Alecrim det. ; 1 male, pinned, Manaus municipality, km 43, 25.III.1982, J.W.Morais coll.,16,0021025,J. R.I. Ribeiro,2004 det. 1 male, ethyl alcohol 70%, Pará, Almeirim municipality, Amazonas river , Novo Aramanduba , 01°27’11.9”S 52°29’48.4”W,A26L, 07.X.2003, P.de Marco & N.Ferreira-Jr. colls., V. P.Alecrim det. 4 males and 7 females,ethyl alcohol 70%, Rio Grande do Norte, São José do Mipibu municipality, VIII.1991, Hebert coll., T. M. Almeida, 2018 det .

Notes: This is the first record of B.minusculum from Brazil (Amazonas, Pará and Rio Grande do Norte states).

Figures

Figure 2. Species of Belostomatidae.Dorsal view.(A) = Belostoma ripicolum – paratype (Male,Rio Grande do Sul).(B) = B.gestroi (Male,Amazonas).(C) = B.discretum(Male,Amazonas).(D) =B.candidulum(Male,from Mato Grossodo Sul).(E)= B.carajaensis(Male,Amazonas).(F)= B.estevezae(Female,Amazonas).(G) = B. micantulum (Male, Amazonas). (H) = B.minusculum (Male, Amazonas).(I) = B. nessimiani – holotype (Male, Amazonas). (J) = B. nicaem (Female, Amazonas). (K) = B.parvum (Female,Amazonas).(L) = B.plebejum (Male,Amazonas).Scale bar:2 mm.

Figure 8. Distribution of Belostomatidae in South America. Red symbol: known records, yellow symbol: new records. (A) = Belostoma estevezae (square), B. micantulum (circle), B. minusculum (triangle) [not all distributional records are shown on the map], B. nessimiani (cross). (B) = B. nicaem (cross),B.parvum (square),B.plebejum (circle),B. pygmeum (triangle).