Rhodnius stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão, 1993

Rhodnius stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão, 1993 View in CoL

Distribution. Acre, Mato Grosso do Sul and Rondônia.

Public health importance. This species is mainly sylvatic, but it can be found in peridomestic and domestic environments, and it is able to establish colonies in domiciliar and peridomiciliar habitats in Bolivia ( Matias et al. 2003). It was found naturally infected with T. cruzi ( Menezes et al. 2023) .

Remarks.The palm tree of Attalea phalerata represents an important sylvatic ecotope of this species,but it can be collected on other palms, such as Astrocaryum murumuru and Oenocarpus bataua , and in chicken coop ( Justi et al. 2010). In the Pantanal region, this species was found in palm trees and in coati nests, living in sympatry with Triatoma sordida ( Santos et al. 2019) .