Microtriatoma trinidadensis (Lent, 1951)

Galvão, Cleber, Gil-Santana, Hélcio R. & Oliveira, Jader de, 2024, The taxonomic catalog of the Brazilian fauna: biodiversity and geographical distribution of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Brazil, Zoologia (e 24006) 41, pp. 1-28 : 4-5

Microtriatoma trinidadensis (Lent, 1951)

Distribution.Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará and Tocantins. Public health importance. In Bolivia, this species was found in domestic and peridomestic environments ( De La Riva et al. 2001).

Remarks. This species can feed on opossum in the wild and feed on mice under laboratory conditions ( Miles et al. 1981). Specimens of this species from Bolivia and Colombia were considered to be a separate species, M. mansosotoi Prosen & MartÍnez, 1952 . Lent and Wygodzinsky (1979) established the latter as a junior synonym of M. trinidadensis .