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FAUNA TRIATOMINAE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA, BRASIL. IV - TRIATOMA MELANOCEPHALA NEIVA & PINTO, 1923
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Abstract
Triatoma melanocephala Neiva & Pinto, 1923, a rare species of triatomine with a restricted geographic distribution, is redescribed in the presente paper. Specimens of adults were collected inside houses and adults and nymphs naturally infected with T. cruzi were found in bromeliad epiphyts in sylvatic sites. This species of bug was reared with difficulty in the laboratoty and required about 350 days to develop from egg to adult.
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