Published October 11, 2019 | Version v1
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Microtriatoma trinidadensis (Lent, 1951) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in the state of Amazonas, Brazil

  • 1. Universidade do Estado de São Paulo, Belém, Brazil
  • 2. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil
  • 3. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
  • 4. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Description

Microtriatoma trinidadensis (Lent, 1951), previously known from Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname, Peru, Bolivia, and the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso, Pará, and Tocantins, is reported for the first time in Amazonas state, Brazil. We found in the collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia an unidentified female specimen of Microtriatoma. The specimen was collected in April 2010, in dried straw and foliage of açai palm, Euterpe precatoria Mart., from Monte Sião, municipality of Codajás, Amazonas state.

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