Enitharoides brasiliensis

Enitharoides brasiliensis (Spinola, 1837) Fig. 10 N Enithares brasiliensis Spinola, 1837: 60 [original description]. Notonecta grandis Germar in Herrich-Schäffer, 1849: 42, fig. 901 [synonym; Kirkaldy (1904): 101]. Bothronotus brasiliensis; Fieber (1852): 472 [unnecessary generic replacement name]. Enithares (Enitharoides) brasiliensis; Brooks (1953): 74, 75, figs A, D [subgenus placement]. Enitharoides brasiliensis; Štys and Říha (1975): 166 [genus transfer]. Diagnosis. Male length 15–16 mm. Wide rectangular punctuated area on scutellum. Middle femur with short and dark pubescence; anteapical protuberance weakly developed. Apex of metaxyphus variable, acute to spatulated. Taxonomic notes. This species shows some variation in general and hemelytral color pattern, from light-yellow to dark brown, with deep punctures on the scutellum. The amount of these punctures seems to follow the overall color of the specimens. It resembles E. lanemeloi Barbosa, Ribeiro & Nessimian, 2017, as both species show middle femur with short setae and poorly developed apical spur, but can be distinguished from it by the coarser aspect and different pattern of the scutellar punctures, the different pattern of the punctuated area on the scutellum, and by differences in paramere shape. Differences between E. brasiliensis and the other species occurring in the study area, E. tricomerus, are provided in the key. Distribution. Brazil: BA [new record], ES (Kirkaldy 1904), MG (Kirkaldy 1904; Nieser and Melo 1997; Goulart et al. 2002; Vianna and Melo 2003; Pelli et al. 2006; Souza et al. 2006; Barbosa et al. 2017), RJ (Henriques-Oliveira and Nessimian 2010; Ribeiro et al. 2010; Cordeiro and Moreira 2015; Barbosa et al. 2017), SP (Barbosa et al. 2017). Material examined. Brazil,! BA, 2021: 1 ♂, 2 adults, 1 nymph: Mucugê municipality, PNCD, rio próximo ao Mirante do Cachoeirão, Água 10 station, 1191 m, 19. V. 2021. -12.8110, -41.4429. J. M. S. Rodrigues col., CEIOC 81956.