Belostoma loprettoae Estévez & Armúa de Reyes, 2003

Mazzucconi, Silvia Ana, Reyes, Cristina Armúa De & Estévez, Ana Lía, 2022, Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Iberá Natural Reserve (Corrientes Province, Argentina), Zootaxa 5104 (4), pp. 451-505 : 476

Belostoma loprettoae Estévez & Armúa de Reyes, 2003

Belostoma loprettoae Estévez & Armúa de Reyes, 2003 : Facena, 125–127.

Material examined. Galarza RS: 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Luna Lagoon, sample 1, 17.iv.2013; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Luna Lagoon, sample 3, 17.iv.2013; 1 ♂, 4 ♀, Isirí Stream near Luna Lagoon , sample 7, 17.iv.2013 ; 2 ♂, Galarza Lagoon, sample 1, 18.iv.2013; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, flood-prone areas in Hermanos Fleita field, 18.iv.2013 . San Nicolás RS: 1 ♂, 13–15.xii.2013.

General distribution. Argentina ( Coscarón 2017).

Habitat. Nothing is known about the habitat associations of B. loprettoae , except that it was found in the Laguna Iberá in Corrientes Province, Argentina, in association with Pistia stratiotes , Salvinia sp. , Egeria densa and Pontederia crassipes (Estévez & Armúa de Reyes 2003; Armúa et al. 2011). During the present study, this species was collected from the unshaded margins with dense floating, emergent, and submerged vegetation (mainly Pontederia crassipes , Salvinia biloba , Egeria densa and Nymphoides indica ) in Galarza Lagoon and Luna Lagoon, and in flood-prone areas with unshaded margins with dense emergent vegetation. It was also collected in standing water along the moderately shaded margins of Isirí Stream, with dense floating, emergent, and submerged vegetation (mainly S. biloba ).