Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Oct 2022)

Initial report of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Roraima, western Amazon state, Brazil

  • Éder dos Santos Souza,
  • Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti,
  • Cleber Galvão,
  • Vinicius Fernandes de Paiva,
  • Izabele de Souza Guimarães,
  • Ágata Cristian Lima da Silva,
  • Gabriela Maciel Alencar,
  • Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0113-2022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 55

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Background: This study is the first report of the species Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in Roraima, a state in northern Brazil. Methods: We collected specimens from a residence in the municipality of Rorainópolis. Results: Our findings confirmed the occurrence of this species in Roraima, increasing the number of registered species from six to seven. Conclusions: Future studies are required to further investigate and expand our knowledge of the occurrence of this species and its epidemiological importance for this state.

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