Panstrongylus diasi Pinto & Lent, 1946 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in Mato Grosso, Brazil

By

Martins, Mirian Francisca
Moraes, Sinara Cristina De
Takashi Obara, Marcos
Galvão, Cleber

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-12-11

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

259--264

Subjects

Chagas disease , Ecology , new records , surveillance programs , Trypanosoma cruzi

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/15.2.259

 

Abstract

Panstrongylus diasi Pinto & Lent, 1946, previously known from throught the Brazilian center-west, is reported for the first time in Mato Grosso state, Brazil. We found 3 specimens, 1 of them from an urban area of Barra do Garças. The new record of P. diasi is important for the understanding of the epidemiology of Chagas disease, mainly because this species is found naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909). Studies on the ecology, biogeography, and vector–host/parasite interactions of P. diasi are essential.