Belostoma dentatum
Creators: name: Franco, Cleilton Lima
name: Stefanello, Fabiano
name: Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto Silva de
name: Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Belostomatidae
Belostoma
Belostoma dentatum

description: Belostoma dentatum (Mayr, 1863)
Figs 4, 18, 24, 30–31, 39
Diagnosis
Body large, about 50 mm long; prosternal keel dilated, prominent (Fig. 24) (Ribeiro 2007); phallosoma with ventroapical protuberance of diverticulum strongly developed (Ribeiro 2007); dorsal arms of phallosoma broad, not widely separate (Figs 30–31) (Ribeiro et al. 2017).
Material examined
BRAZIL – Maranhão • 1 ♀; Carolina municipality, Pov. Canto Grande; [7°13′03.2″ S, 47°25′35.2″ W]; 23–27 Feb. 2009; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, A.L. Costa and M.M. Abreu leg. [00077]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 2 ♀♀; Perímetro Urbano; 7°19′40″ S, 47°27′14″ W; 25–26 Dec. 2013; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, T.T. Silva and T.L. Rocha leg. [00055, 00061]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; Caxias municipality, Reserva Ecologica do Inhamum; [4°53′56″ S, 43°26′10″ W]; 1–3 Sep. 2005; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira et al. leg. [00049]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; C.N [Centro Novo do Maranhão] municipality, Reserva Biologica do Gurupi; 3°14′05″ S, 46°41′03″ W; 1–6 Mar. 2011; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, M.M. Abreu and J.A. Silva leg. [00076]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; Coelho Neto municipality, Bairro Santana; [4°14′58.5″ S, 43°00′47.1″ W]; 30 Jun. 2010; L.M. Oliveira leg. [00092]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; Mirador [sic, Formosa da Serra Negra], municipality, Parque Estadual do Mirador, Base da geraldina; [6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W]; 11–15 Nov. 2007; J.C. Silva et al. leg. [00075]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; Mirador municipality, Zona Rural, Sítio Melancia; [6°22′19.7″ S, 44°21′44.1″ W]; 7–8 Mar. 2008; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira and J.C. Silva leg. [00093]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA. – Piauí • 1 ♂; Teresina municipality, Jardim Zoobotânico; [5°02′28.4″ S, 42°46′06.5″ W]; 1 Jul. 1999; F.L. Oliveira leg. [00033]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA.
Distribution
ARGENTINA (Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909); BOLIVIA (Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909); BRAZIL (Dufour 1863): Acre (Ribeiro 2007), Amazonas (Nieser 1975; Ribeiro 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Maranhão (this work), Mato Grosso (Ribeiro 2007), Mato Grosso do Sul (Nieser 1975; Ribeiro 2007; Gallo et al. 2017; Aranda et al. 2018), Minas Gerais (De Carlo 1938; Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004; Amato & Amato 2005; Ribeiro 2007), Pará (Nieser 1975; Ribeiro 2005, 2007; Almeida et al. 2019), Piauí (Ribeiro 2007; this work), Rio de Janeiro (Mayr 1871; Ribeiro 2005), Rio Grande do Sul (Mayr 1863; Lauck 1964; Nieser 1975; Lanzer 1976; Lanzer-de-Souza 1988; Ribeiro 2007; Ribeiro et al. 2017; Gauterio et al. 2021), Rondônia (Nieser 1975; Ribeiro 2007), Roraima (Almeida et al. 2019), São Paulo (Ribeiro 2007); PARAGUAY (Montandon 1895); PERU (Lauck 1964); URUGUAY (Ruffinelli & Pirán 1959).
Distribution in northeastern Brazil
Maranhão and Piauí.
Note
First records from the state of Maranhão.
description: Published as part of Franco, Cleilton Lima, Stefanello, Fabiano, Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto Silva de & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2024, Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of northeastern Brazil, pp. 271-304 in European Journal of Taxonomy 932 on pages 277-278, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2537, http://zenodo.org/record/11190467