Checklist and distribution of semiaquatic and aquatic Heteroptera (Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) occurring in Brazil 2958
Author
Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
Author
Barbosa, Julianna Freires
Author
Ribeiro, José Ricardo Inacio
Author
Alecrim, Viviani Pereira
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-07-08
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2958.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2958.1.1
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Belostoma anurum
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)
Geographical distribution:
Martinique
,
St. Vincent & Grenadines
,
Colombia
,
Grenada
,
Trinidad & Tobago
,
French Guiana
,
Brazil
,
Ecuador
,
Chile
,
Argentina
, and
Uruguay
. Records north of those presented above are highly doubtful and not considered here.
Distribution in
Brazil
: Northeast, Central-West, Southeast and South regions (MA, CE, RN, BA, AL, DF, MG, ES, SP, RJ, SC) (
Ribeiro 2007
).
Comments: Some of the
B. anurum
specimens studied so far do not differ from
B. subspinosum
(Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
subspecies in features of the phallus, and
B. anurum
might eventually prove to be a junior-synonym of
B. subspinosum
.