Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from eastern Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil
Author
Lima Franco, Cleilton
Author
Mourão dos Santos Rodrigues, Juliana
Author
Silva de Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto
Author
Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.2.551
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10.15560/17.2.551
1809-127X
Brachymetra lata
Shaw, 1933
Figure 5E–G
New records
.
BRAZIL
•
1 ♂
,
8 ♀
;
Maranhão
, Cax- ias,
Inhamum
stream;
−04.89833
,
−043.43333
;
26 Aug. 2019
;
C.L. Franco
et al. leg.; LEAq 00016–00019, 00086
•
2 ♀
;
Maranhão
,
Caxias
,
Jatobá
stream;
−04.90972
,
−043.11666
;
28 Aug. 2019
;
C.L. Franco
et al. leg.; LEAq 00269, 00281
•
1 ♂
;
Maranhão
,
Caxias
,
Planaçucar
stream;
−04.90666
,
−043.36250
;
12 Aug. 2019
;
C.L. Franco
et al. leg.; LEAq 00048
•
6 ♂
,
5 ♀
;
Maranhão
,
São João do Soter
,
Pedras
stream;
−04.98194
,
−043.62638
; 07
Figure 3.
Sampling sites, streams.
A.
Cajazeiras.
B.
Correntinho.
C.
Fonte Mariana.
D.
Inhamum.
E.
Jatobá.
F.
Lamego.
G.
Limpeza.
H.
PlanaÇucar.
I.
PoÇão.
Jun. 2019; C.L. Franco et al. leg.; LEAq 00006.
Identification.
Our specimens of
B
.
lata
can be distinguished
from
B
.
albinervus
and other species of the genus based on the eye surpassing the anterolateral angle of the pronotum (
Fig. 5E
); the quadrate posterior margin of the pronotum (
Fig. 5E
); the lack of silvery setae on the dorsum of the acetabula (
Fig. 5E, G
); and the fore femur slender, densely covered by conical black setae on the venter (
Cordeiro 2017
).
Distribution in
Brazil
.
RR, AP, AM, PA, RO, MA*, MT.
Subfamily
Cylindrostethinae
Cylindrostethus
Mayr, 1865