Lethocerus annulipes ( Herrich-Schaeffer, 1845 )

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 : 19-20

Lethocerus annulipes ( Herrich-Schaeffer, 1845)

( Figs. 3F , 11A )

Known distribution: AMÉRICA DO SUL (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1845). ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Formosa, Misiones ( Perez-Goodwyn, 2006). BRAZIL: Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Santa Catarina ( Perez-Goodwyn, 2006, Ribeiro et al., 2018). GUYANA: Demerara ( Nieser, 1975). PARAGUAY: Asunción ( Perez-Goodwyn, 2006). SURINAM: Paramaribo, Para ( Nieser, 1975). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Puerto Rico and La Española Island ( Perez-Goodwyn, 2006). VENEZUELA: unknow State ( Perez-Goodwyn, 2006).

Material examined: 1 male,pinned, BRAZIL, Amazonas, Manaus municipality, BR 174 , km 50, ZF-2 Reserve ,km 21, 02°38’16”S 60°09’26”W, 13-27.XII.2012, F.F. Xavier Fº & G.Z. Lopes colls., T. M. Almeida, 2018 det .; 1 female, pinned, Manaus municipality, ZF-2 Reserve, km 14, 02°35’21”S 60°06’55”W, T. M. Almeida, 2013 det. 1 male, pinned, Maranhão, Caxias municipality, 04°39’32”S 43°33’51”W,in light, 19.V.2007, J.A.Rafael, F.F.Xavier Fº& F.L.Oliveira colls., T. M. Almeida, 2013 det. 1 male, pinned, Mato Grosso, Nova Lacerda municipality, 14°28’38”S 59°33’30”W, 27.IV.2006, J.A. Rafael & F.F. Xavier Fº colls., T. M. Almeida, 2013 det. 1 male, pinned, Paraíba, João Pessoa municipality, 09.X.1976, V. Py-Daniel coll., T. M. Almeida, 2013 det. 1 male, pinned, Paraná, Cambé municipality, 03.X.2012, T. M. Almeida, 2013 det. 1 male, pinned, Roraima, Caracaraí municipality, 14.V.1977, B. Mascarenhas coll., T. M. Almeida, 2013 det .; 4 males and 1 female, pinned, Pacaraima municipality, 25.VI-05.VII.1988, light trap, J.A. Rafael et al. colls., T. M. Almeida, 2013 det .; 1 male, ethyl alcohol 70%, Amajari municipality, near Uraricoera river, Maracá Ecological Station , 22.IX.1987,team Nhamenhame colls., M.E. Lanzer-de-Souza, 1987 det .

Notes: This is the first record of L. annulipes to Maranhão, Paraíba and Paraná states ( Brazil).

Figures

Figure 3. Species of Belostomatidae.Dorsal view.(A) = Belostoma pygmeum (Male, Amazonas).(B) = B.ribeiroi (Female,from Mato Grosso do Sul).(C) = B. stollii (Male,Amazonas).(D) = B.bachmanni (Female,from Amazonas).(E) =B.fittkaui(Male,from Amazonas).(F) = Lethocerusannulipes (Male,from Amazonas).(G) = L.delpontei(Male,from Amazonas).(H) = L.maximus (Male,from Roraima).(I) = L.paraensis – holotype (Female,from Pará).(J) =Horvathinia pelocoroides(Male, from Rondônia).(K) = Weberiellarhomboides (Male,from Rondônia).Scale bar: (A-E,J-K):2 mm,(F-I): 5 mm.

Figure 11. Distribution of Belostomatidae in South America. Red symbol: known records, yellow symbol: new records. (A) = Lethocerus delpontei (square),L.annulipes (circle).(B) = L. paraenses (square),L. maximus (circle).