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. 2022 Oct 24:55:e01132022.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0113-2022. eCollection 2022.

Initial report of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Roraima, western Amazon state, Brazil

Éder Dos Santos Souza  1 , Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti  2 , Cleber Galvão  3 , Vinicius Fernandes de Paiva  4 , Izabele de Souza Guimarães  1 , Ágata Cristian Lima da Silva  1 , Gabriela Maciel Alencar  1 , Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra  1
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Initial report of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Roraima, western Amazon state, Brazil

Éder Dos Santos Souza et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .

Abstract

Background: This study is the first report of the species Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus in Roraima, a state in northern Brazil.

Methods: We collected specimens from a residence in the municipality of Rorainópolis.

Results: Our findings confirmed the occurrence of this species in Roraima, increasing the number of registered species from six to seven.

Conclusions: Future studies are required to further investigate and expand our knowledge of the occurrence of this species and its epidemiological importance for this state.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. Male P. rufotuberculatus. (A) Dorsal and (B) ventral views.
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FIGURE 2: Record. of P. rufotuberculatusreported in South America.
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