Belostoma parvum Estévez & Polhemus, 2007

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 : 16-17

Belostoma parvum Estévez & Polhemus, 2007

( Figs. 2K , 8B )

Known distribution: BRAZIL: Pará ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). COLOMBIA: Amazonas ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). GUYANA: Supuruni ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). SURINAM: Moengo ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007). VENEZUELA: Portuguesa ( Estévez & Polhemus, 2007; Ribeiro et al., 2018).

Material examined: 1 female, ethyl alcohol 70%, BRAZIL, Amazonas, Amazonas river, Caapiranga municipality, Prainha , Mureru lake , A23L, 02.X.2003, P. de Marco & N. Ferreira-Jr. colls., V. P. Alecrim det. ; 3 males and 3 females, ethyl alcohol 92%, Manaus municipality, Bosque da Ciência – INPA campus I, 13.IV.2018, T. M. Almeida & F. Stefanello colls., F. Stefanello, 2018 det. 1 male, ethyl alcohol 70%, Roraima, Amajari municipality, Uraricoera river , Ericó village , in stream, 31.VIII.1987, team Ericó colls., T. M. Almeida, 2018 det. 1 female, ethyl alcohol 70%, Pará, Óbidos municipality, Januária , Ipapucu lake , near Amazonas river , 02°06’06.1”S 55°17’12.4”W, A21L, 27.IX.2003, P. de Marco & N. Ferreira-Jr. colls., V. P. Alecrim det. ; 1 female, ethyl alcohol 70%, Juruti municipality, Recreio, Recreio lake , near Amazonas river , 02°03’57.9”S 55°57’33.7”W, A20L, 26.IX.2003, P. de Marco & N. Ferreira-Jr. colls., V. P. Alecrim det. ; 1 male, ethyl alcohol 70%, Caetano lake, near Trombetas river , 09.III.1986, team Apoidea colls., 1741, T. M. Almeida, 2018 det .; 1 female, ethyl alcohol 70%, BR 230 , Jaú river , 23. IV.1988, Ulysses Barbosa coll., 1709, T. M. Almeida, 2018 det .

Notes: This is the first record of B.parvum from Amazonas and Roraima states ( Brazil).

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).