Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Jun 2016)

First report of Rhodnius stali (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the State of Acre and in the Brazilian Amazon

  • Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti,
  • Gabriela Vieira de Souza Castro,
  • Mariane Albuquerque Lima Ribeiro Castro,
  • Janis Lunier de Souza,
  • Jader de Oliveira,
  • João Aristeu da Rosa,
  • Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0066-2016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49, no. 3
pp. 365 – 368

Abstract

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Abstract: INTRODUCTION: This paper reports, for the first time, the presence of Rhodnius stali in the state of Acre and in the Brazilian Amazon. METHODS: Specimens of R. stali were collected by the Federal University of Acre in Rio Branco. RESULTS: The number of Triatominae species in the State of Acre increased from five to six. This was also the first report of R. stali in the Brazilian Amazon. CONCLUSIONS: The occurrence of R. stali is worrisome, since this species has been found naturally infected by Trypanosoma cruzi and there has been evidence of its domiciliation capabilities.

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