Triatoma lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967

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 : 13

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24006

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C7230F65-FF99-FFE6-F6F8-B38D4453FC7B

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Triatoma lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967
status

 

Triatoma lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 View in CoL

Distribution. Bahia and Goiás.

Remarks. The species has previously been found infect- ed with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and is considered a potential vector of Chagas disease ( Sherlock and Guitton 1974). The species is found in rocky ground with mammal shelters, such as houses and corrals ( Sherlock and Serafim 1967, Lent and Wygodzinsky 1979).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Reduviidae

Genus

Triatoma

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