Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899)

Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) View in CoL

Distribution. Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins.

Public health importance. This sylvatic species rarely colonizes the peri- and intradomiciliary habitats, mainly associated with armadillos and bats ( Patterson et al. 2009) and some authors believe that its risk of transmission is very limited ( Salazar-Schettino et al. 2010). However, in the Andean countries, this triatomine shows a strong tendency to colonize human dwellings and is an important vector ( Dujardin et al. 1998 a, Wolff and Castillo 2002, Traviezo-Valles et al. 2008, Patterson et al. 2009). It is also having an increasing potential as a vector, since it was demonstrated a synanthropic tendency, wide distribution and trophic eclecticism in northwestern Peru ( Cuba Cuba et al. 2007).

Remarks. It has been collected between 50 and 630 meters above sea level ( Salazar-Schettino et al. 2010). This species can be attracted by light ( Salomon et al. 1999).