Triatoma costalimai Verano & Galvão, 1958

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 : 10-12

Triatoma costalimai Verano & Galvão, 1958

Distribution. Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais and Tocantins.

Public health importance. Triatoma costalimai is a sylvatic species associated with reptiles, rodents, and primates. Experimentally, this species can be infected with T. cruzi , but none of the wild-caught bugs was found infected.

Remarks. Nymphs of T. costalimai were common among outcrops of eroded grey limestone ( Schofield et al. 1980). The life cycle of this species has been studied under laboratory condition by Isac et al. (2000).