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TRIATOMA JUAZEIRENSIS SP. NOV. FROM THE STATE OF BAHIA, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL (HEMIPTERA: REDUVIIDAE: TRIATOMINAE)
Vetor da Doença de Chagas
Taxonomia
Morfologia
Região Neotropical
Triatoma brasiliensis complex
Chagas disease vector
Taxonomy
Morphology
Neotropics
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Laboratório da Coleção Entomológica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Laboratório da Coleção Entomológica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Laboratório da Coleção Entomológica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Triatoma juazeirensis, a new triatomine species from the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil, is described.
The new species is found among rocks in sylvatic environment and in the peridomicile. Type specimens were
deposited in the Entomological Collection of Oswaldo Cruz Institute-Fiocruz, Museum of Zoology of University of S„o Paulo, and Florida Museum of Natural History. T. juazeirensis can be distinguished from the other
members of the T. brasiliensis species complex mainly by the overall color of the pronotum, which is dark, and
by the entirely dark femora.
Keywords in Portuguese
Triatoma juazeirensis sp. novVetor da Doença de Chagas
Taxonomia
Morfologia
Região Neotropical
Keywords
Triatoma juazeirensis sp. novTriatoma brasiliensis complex
Chagas disease vector
Taxonomy
Morphology
Neotropics
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