Hermanlentia genus

Hermanlentia (Jurberg & Galvão 1997) - One species:

1. Hermanlentia matsunoi (Peru)

Hermanlentia matsunoi (Fernández-Loayza 1989)

Distribution:

Was discovered in only one site, in premontane wet forest of Peru,1250-1500m.

Characteristics:

- Head very long, relation head/pronotum 1:0.6 with narroweyes when seen dorsally

- Specific male genitalia with characters not seen in the other genera, including the absence of endosoma process and vesica

Biology:

- Live in burrows, caves

- Can feed on humans (Fernandez-Loayza1989)

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.

Fernandez-Loayza R. 1989. Triatoma matsunoi nueva especie del norte peruano (Hemiptera, Reduviidae: Triatominae). Rev. Peruana Entomol. 31: 21-24.

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.

Jurberg J & Galvão C. 1997. Hermanlentia n. gen da Tribo Triatomini, com um rol de espécies de Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 92(2): 181-185.