First report of & IT;Panstrongylus megistus & IT; (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the State of Acre and Rondonia, Amazon, Brazil

Lima Ribeiro Castro, Mariam Albuquerque; Souza Castro, Gabriela Vieira de; Souza, Janis Lunier de; Souza, Claudio Rodrigues de; Ramos, Leandro Jose; Oliveira, Jader de [UNESP]; Rosa, Joao Aristeu da [UNESP]; Aranha Camargo, Luis Marcelo; Oliveira Meneguetti, Dionatas Ulises de

First report of & IT;Panstrongylus megistus & IT; (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the State of Acre and Rondonia, Amazon, Brazil

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2018-06-01

Autores

Lima Ribeiro Castro, Mariam Albuquerque

Souza Castro, Gabriela Vieira de

Souza, Janis Lunier de

Souza, Claudio Rodrigues de

Ramos, Leandro Jose

Oliveira, Jader de

Rosa, Joao Aristeu da

Aranha Camargo, Luis Marcelo

Oliveira Meneguetti, Dionatas Ulises de

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Elsevier B.V.

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Artigo

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Introduction: This article reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Panstrongylus megistus in the Brazilian Western Amazon.& para;& para;Methods: Specimens of P. megistus were collected in the cities of Rio Branco, Acre and Extrema, Rondonia.& para;& para;Results: The number of triatomine species in the State of Acre increased from eight to nine and in Rondonia from seven to eight. This was also the first report of P. megistus in the Brazilian Western Amazon.& para;& para;Conclusion The occurrence of P. megistus in the Western Amazon evidences an epidemiological alert, since it is an important vector of T. cruzi.