Description of Triatoma mopan sp. n. from a cave in Belize (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

Loyola University New Orleans. Department of Biological Sciences. New Orleans, LA, USA.
University of Vermont. Department of Biology. Burlington, VT, USA / The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit. Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center. Suitland, MD, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biodiversidade Entomológica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
University of Vermont. Department of Biology. Burlington, VT, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
University of Vermont. Department of Biology. Burlington, VT, USA
University of San Carlos. LENAP. Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Abstract

In this paper, Triatoma mopansp. n. is described based on five males and six females collected in the Rio Frio cave, Cayo District, Belize. This species is similar to Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille), but can be distinguished by characters found on the pronotum, legs, and abdomen. Geometric morphometry and phylogenetic comparisons are also provided. Presently, the species is known only from the type locality and is a potential Chagas vector.

Keywords in Portuguese

Doença de Chagas
Triatoma dimidiata
Triatoma mopan
novas espécies

Keywords

Chagas disease
new species
Triatoma dimidiata
Triatoma mopan

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Pensoft Publishers

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DORN, Patricia L. et al. Description of Triatoma mopan sp. n. from a cave in Belize (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae). Zookeys, v.775, p.69-95, 2018.

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10.3897/zookeys.775.22553

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1313-2989

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/29094

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