R. brethesi

Rhodnius brethesi (Matta, 1919)

Distribution:

Characteristics:

- length: 19-20mm

- general color black, with light brown spots and stripes on dorsal surface of head and neck, on pronotum, scutellum, hemelytra, connexivum and ventral surface of abdomen

- legs uniformly dark brown, slender

- pronotum yellowish brown with portions dark brown or blackish

- connexivum light brown, with rectangular dark spots on segments dorsally

- hemelytra dark brown to blackish on corium and membrane, with veins included in prominent light brown bands

Biology:

- sylvatic species

- has been reported to live on Piassaba palms (Leopoldina piassaba Wallace)

- has been reported to attack humans harvesting palm fiber

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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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.

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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.

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