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PATTERNS OF ANTENAL SENSILLA OF PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS FROM THREE BRAZILIAN STATES
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Centro Regional de Investigación Científica y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. Anillaco, Argentina.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Goiás. Departamento de Parasitologia. Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Centro Regional de Investigación Científica y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. Anillaco, Argentina.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Goiás. Departamento de Parasitologia. Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to analyze and describe the phenotype of the antennal sensilla of
Panstrongylus megistus, one of the epidemiologically most important species of triatomines in Brazil. Specimens
from the Brazilian states of Goiás (GO), Minas Gerais (MG), and Rio Grande do Sul (RS) were compared, based on
studies of four types of sensilla on three antennal segments: thick-walled trichoid (TK), thin-walled trichoid (TH),
bristles (BR), and basiconica (BA). Discriminant analysis allowed the separation of the RS specimens from those of
GO and MG. Multivariate discriminant analysis demonstrated that the sensilla of males differed from those of females, the variables with greatest weight being the BA of all three segments and the TK of flagellum 1. The basiconica
sensilla were significantly more abundant in females, on all three segments. Antennal sensilla patterns also demonstrated significant differences among P. megistus specimens.
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