Belostoma anurum
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 anurum

description: Belostoma anurum (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)
Figs 3, 17, 23, 28–29, 39
Diagnosis
Body elliptical; eyes as wide as long (Fig. 17), prosternal keel poorly anteriorly curved and prominent (Fig. 23) (Ribeiro et al. 2017); ventral diverticulum of phallosoma twice as wide as long; phallosoma with ventroapical protuberance of diverticulum poorly developed (Figs 28–29) (Ribeiro 2007).
Material examined
BRAZIL – Ceará • 1 ♂; Ubajara municipality, Parque Nacional de Ubajara, Cachoeira do Cafundó; 3°50′13″ S, 40°54′35″ W; 21–24 Apr. 2012; J.A. Rafael and F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. [00084]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA. – Maranhão • 1 ♀; Mirador municipality, Zona Rural, Sítio Melancia; [6°22′19.7″ S, 44°21′44.1″ W]; 7–8 Mar. 2008; J.C. Silva and M.J. Almeida-Holanda leg. [00045]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; Parque Estadual do Mirador, Base do Mosquito; [6°24′38.6″ S, 44°28′50.1″ W]; 4–8 Feb. 2011; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. [00083]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 3 ♀♀; Parque Estadual do Mirador, Base dos Cágados; 6°46′37″ S, 45°06′34″ W; 27 Nov.–3 Dec. 2011; A.A. Santos, T.M.A. Lima and F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. [00085,00086, 00088]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; Parque Estadual do Mirador, Posto Avançado do Mel; 6°43′50″ S 44°58′59″ W; 2–8 Apr. 2011; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, G.A. Reis and M.S. Oliveira leg. [00081]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, G.A. Reis and M.S. Oliveira leg. [00065]; CZMA • 1 ♂; [Formosa da Serra Negra municipality]; Parque Estadual do Mirador, Base da geraldina; [6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W]; 7–15 May 2010; C.S. Nunes and E. Rodrigues-da-Silva leg. [00091]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; C.S. Nunes and E. Rodrigues-da-Silva leg. [00043]; CZMA • 1 ♀; Parque Estadual do Mirador, Base da geraldina; 6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W; 12–20 Oct. 2012; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, A.A. Santos and C.F. Barros leg. [00039]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 2 ♂♂; Parque Estadual do Mirador, Base da geraldina; 6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W; 9–16 May 2013; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, A.A. Santos and C.F. Barros leg. [00038, 00040, 00091]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 3 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, A.A. Santos and C.F. Barros leg. [00036, 00037, 00041]; CZMA • 1 ♀; Parque Estadual do Mirador, Base da geraldina; 6°37′25″ S, 45°52′08″ W; 1–3 Jul. 2013; F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, A.A. Santos and C.F. Barros leg. [00035]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA. – Piauí • 2 ♀♀; Caracol municipality, Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões, Casa do Visitante; 9°13′33″ S, 43°27′48″ W; 765 m a.s.l.; 23–24 Dec. 2013; J.A. Rafael, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira and T.T.A. Silva leg. [00082,00089]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA • 1 ♂; Guaribas munipality, Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões, Andorinhas; 9°08′27.8″ S, 43°33′42.1″ W; 515 m a.s.l.; 24 Dec. 2013; J.A. Rafael, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira and T.T.A. Silva leg. [00087]; C.L. Franco det. 2021; CZMA.
Distribution
BRAZIL (Herrich-Schäffer 1848): Alagoas (Ribeiro 2007; Ribeiro et al. 2017), Bahia (De Carlo 1938; Lauck 1964; Ribeiro 2007; Ribeiro et al. 2017), Ceará (Dias da Rocha 1936; Ribeiro 2007; Ribeiro et al. 2017; this work), Espírito Santo (De Carlo 1938; Ribeiro et al. 2017), Maranhão (Ribeiro 2007; Ribeiro et al. 2017; this work), Minas Gerais (Lauck 1964; Pereira et al. 1993; Nieser & Melo 1997; Melo & Nieser 2004; Souza et al. 2006; Ribeiro 2007; Ribeiro et al. 2017; Valbon et al. 2018, 2019; Santos et al. 2020), Piauí (this work); Rio de Janeiro (Stål 1860; De Carlo 1938; Lauck 1964; Ribeiro 2005, 2007; Ribeiro et al. 2017), Rio Grande do Norte (Lauck 1962), Rio Grande do Sul (Lanzer 1976), Santa Catarina (Lauck 1964), São Paulo (Ribeiro 2007; Castanhole et al. 2013; Pereira et al. 2015; Ribeiro et al. 2017); COLOMBIA (Mayr 1871); ECUADOR (Distant 1891); FRENCH GUIANA (Dufour 1863); GRENADA (Uhler 1894); MARTINIQUE (Ribeiro 2007); PARAGUAY (Montandon 1895); ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES (Uhler 1893); VENEZUELA (Ribeiro et al. 2017).
Distribution in northeastern Brazil
Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Piauí, and Rio Grande do Norte.
Note
First records from the state of Piauí.
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 275-277, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2537, http://zenodo.org/record/11190467