P. coreodes

Psammolestes coreodes (Bergroth, 1911)

Distribution:

Characteristics:

- Length of male 12-14mm, female 13.5-15mm

- General color light yellowish brown, speckled and spotted irregularly with dark brown or blackish

- integument dull, slightly rugose

- Head and thorax yellowish dorsally, irregularly mottled with dark brown

- Head constricted before neck, in lateral view, and strongly declivous behind ocelli; Head almost as long as wide, at the level of the eyes. Anteocular region twice as longer than postocular area

- Long hairs on the second and third rostral segment

- Anterolateral angles of pronotum not projecting forward to level of ocelli

- Male genitalia with basal plate struts very small, separed, hookshaped

Biology:

Psammolestes coreodes is found in nests of birds Furnaridae (Phacellodomus sibilatrix and Pseudoseisura lophotes); Psittacidae (Myiopsitta monacha cotorra) and others.

Psammolestes coreodes never been found infected but it is possible to do that experimentally.

Little Thornbird - Espinero Chico (Phacellodomus sibilatrix) - with permission of: fotosaves

Brown Cacholote - Cacholote Castaño (Pseudoseisura lophotes) - with permission of: fotosaves

Monk Parakeet - Cotorra (Myiopsitta monacha) - with permission of: fotosaves

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Carcavallo RU, Galindez Giron, I, Jurberg, J & Lent H. 1998. Atlas of Chagas’ disease vectors in the Americas. Vol I, II, III. FioCruz Edition.

Dujardin JP, Schofield CJ & Panzera F. 2000. Les vecteurs de la maladie de Chagas. Recherches taxonomiques, biologiques et génétiques. Académie Royales des Sciences d'Outre-Mer.

Galvão C, Carcavallo R, Da Silva Rocha D & Jurberg J. 2003. A checklist of the current valid species of the subfamily Triatominae Jeannel, 1919 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and their geographical distribution, with nomenclatural and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa, 202: 1-36.

Lent H & Wygodzinsky P. 1979. Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas disease. Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 163 (Art. 3): 125-520.

Lima A da Costa. 1934. Sur l’existence au Brésil du Psammolestes coreodes Bergr. (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). Compte Rendu Sc. Soc. Biol. Paris., 116: 1155-1157.