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Distribution
Distribution
- Bolivia (Beni, La Paz)
- Brazil (Amazonas, Goias, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Para)
- Colombia (Meta, Norte Santander)
- Ecuador (Esmeraldas)
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Panama
- Guatemala
- Peru (Loreto, Madre de Dios)
- Suriname
- Trinidad
- Venezuela (Yaracuy Aragua, Barinas, Caraboto, Guarico, Merida, Monagas, Portuguesa, Zulia, Cojedes, Falcon, Lara, Sucre, Trujillo, Tachira)
Characteristics
Characteristics
- Males: 23-27 mm; females: 25-29 mm
- Fore lobe of pronotum with strong discal spines
- Humeral angles distinctly spinose
- Subapical reddish spot of corium relatively small compared to E. cuspidatus
Biology
Biology
- In domiciliation process (Bolivia), attracted by artificial light
- Has been reported as associated with bats
- Naturally infected by T. cruzi
- In caves and hollow trees with bats; in palm tree Scheelea sp. Related to Coendu prehensilis and D. marsupialis. Found with C. pilosa and T. maculata.
- Nymphs with predator habits
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Barrett TV. 1991. Advances in triatomine bug ecology in relation to Chagas disease. Advances in Disease Vector Research 8(6): 142-176.
Carcavallo RU, Galindez Giron, I, Jurberg, J & Lent H. 1998. Atlas of Chagas’ disease vectors in the Americas. Vol I, II, III. FioCruz Edition.
Chavez J. 2006. Contribución al estudio de los triatominos del Perú: Distribución geográfica, nomenclatura y notas taxonómicas. An Fac Med Lima, 67(1): 65-76.
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 & Jurberg J. 1970. O gênero Eratyrus Stal, 1859, com um estudo sôbre a genitalia externa (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae). Rev. Brasileira Biol., 30(2): 297-312.
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.
OPS-ECO/MSAS-SNCh. 1985. Factores Biologicos y Ecologicos en la Enfermedad de Chagas. I and II, Buenos Aires.
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