Estudos morfológicos de Cavernicola lenti Barrett & Arias, 1985 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) Morphologycal studies of Cavernicola lenti Barrett & Arias, 1985 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

Abstract

In order to widen the present knowledge of this species, was done a detailed description of eggs and all nymphal stages as well as the external genitalia of the males and females using light and scanning electron microscopy. The characteristics were compared with another species of the same genus C. pilosa Barber, 1937. Observations on the male internal genitalia were also done.

Keywords

• Cavernicola lenti
• eggs
• nymphs
• external genitalia
• optical and scanning microscopy