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Triatoma vandae Carcavallo, Jurberg, Rocha, Galvao, Noireau and Lent

Description

Species. T. vandae Carcavallo, Jurberg, Rocha, Galvão, Noireau and Lent

Etymology. This species name is an homage to Ms. Vanda Cunha, a laboratory technician who has been taking care of the colony and helping in experiments with triatomines for about 30 years (Carcavallo, Jurberg, Rocha, Galvão, Noireau & Lent 2002: 653).

Original citation. “ O nome específico é uma homenagem a Sra. Vanda Cunha, técnica do laboratório que há aproximadamente 30 anos tem cuidado da colônia e auxiliado nos experimentos com triatomíneos” (Carcavallo, Jurberg, Rocha, Galvão, Noireau & Lent 2002: 653).

Collection. Herman Lent

Notes

Published as part of Gonçalves, Teresa Cristina Monte, Novo, Shênia Patrícia Corrêa, Lopes, Catarina Macedo & Santos-Mallet, Jacenir Reis Dos, 2009, Etymology of Triatomine Species (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2148 on page 21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188695

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Reduviidae
Genus
Triatoma
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Carcavallo, Jurberg, Rocha, Galvao, Noireau and Lent
Species
vandae
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Carcavallo, R. U., Jurberg, J., Rocha, D. S., Galvao, C., Noireau, F. & Lent, H. (2002) Triatoma vandae sp. n. do complexo oliveirai encontrada no Estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae). Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 97, 649 - 654.