Belostoma ripicolum Lanzer-de-Souza, 1992

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 : 10

Belostoma ripicolum Lanzer-de-Souza, 1992

junior synomy of B. dilatatum

( Figs. 2A , 6B )

Known distribution: BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul. Capão da Canoa ( Lanzer-de-Souza, 1992).

Type Material examined: 1 male paratype, pinned, BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Sul, Capão da Canoa municipality, Lagoa dos Quadros, M.E.L. de Souza, 1992 coll., 135358, M.E.L. de Souza, 1992 det.

Notes: This species was described by Lanzer-de-Souza (1992) as B. ripicola, it is an incorrect original spelling because Belostoma is a neuter noun, not a feminine one. Thus, Ribeiro (2007) changed the name of this species and synonymized.

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 6. Distribution of Belostomatidae in South America. Red symbol: known records, yellow symbol: new records. (A) = Belostoma amazonum (circle), B. denticolle (square). (B) = B. gestroi (square), B. dilatatum (circle), B.ripicolum(triangle).