Triatoma sherlocki Papa, Jurberg, Carcavallo, Cerqueira & Barata, 2002

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 : 15

Triatoma sherlocki Papa, Jurberg, Carcavallo, Cerqueira & Barata, 2002

Fig. 12

Distribution. Bahia.

Public health importance. Triatoma sherlocki is a sylvatic species in process of domiciliation. It has been found naturally infected with T. cruzi and is a potential vector of it.

Remarks. This species can be experimentally crossed with T. lenti , but the extremely reduced fertility observed in the F 2 hybrids confirmed the specific status of the species ( Mendonça et al. 2014). Correia et al. (2013) also reported that T. sherlocki male × T. lenti female pairs failed to produce hybrids, however all other crosses of T. sherlocki and tested members of T. brasiliensis species complex ( T. brasiliensis , T. melanica , and T. juazeirensis ), as well as backcrosses, produced viable offspring through the third generation.