Panstrongylus guentheri Berg, 1879

Galvão, Cleber, Gil-Santana, Hélcio R. & Oliveira, Jader de, 2024, The taxonomic catalog of the Brazilian fauna: biodiversity and geographical distribution of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Brazil, Zoologia (e 24006) 41, pp. 1-28 : 8-9

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24006

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2EB17AC1-901B-483D-9752-3574A681A1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14703695

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Panstrongylus guentheri Berg, 1879
status

 

Panstrongylus guentheri Berg, 1879 View in CoL

Distribution. Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul.

Public health importance. Sylvatic species, associated with rodents and didelphids. Although accidentally captured in dwellings and peridomestically among firewood, it has never colonized houses so far. It has been found infected with T. cruzi ( Lent and Wygodzinsky 1979) .

Remarks. This triatomine prefers living in habitats with a relative humidity of <50% ( Carcavallo et al. 1994).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Reduviidae

Genus

Panstrongylus

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