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Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) II: Trophic Resources and Ecological Observations of Five Populations Collected in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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ALMEIDA, Carlos Eduardo et al. Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) II: Trophic Resources and Ecological Observations of Five Populations Collected in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 97, n. 8, p. 1127-1131, Dec. 2002.
0074-0276
10.1590/S0074-02762002000800011
1678-8060
Autor
Almeida, Carlos Eduardo
Duarte, Rosemere
Nascimento, Raquel Guerra do
Pacheco, Raquel S.
Costa, Jane
Resumen
Triatoma rubrovaria has become the most frequently captured triatomine species after the control of T. infestans
in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil. Isoenzymatic and chromatic studies indicate the existence of, at least,
two distinct phenotypic patterns of T. rubrovaria in RS. The geographic variation noted through molecular tools
may also result in distinct profiles of vectorial potentiality. In order to enhance our understanding of the bionomic
knowledge of T. rubrovaria separate batches of the species were collected from different municipalities of RS distant
from 72 to 332 km: Santana do Livramento (natural ecotope), Santana do Livramento (artificial ecotope), Santiago
(natural ecotope), Canguçu (peridomicile) and Encruzilhada do Sul (natural ecotope). A total of 285 specimens
were collected, 85 specimens kept sufficient fecal material in their guts for the precipitin analysis. The results
indicated the food eclecticism for this species and the anti-rodent serum showed the highest positivity in most
localities. From the total of analyzed samples, only 1.3% of unique positivity for human blood was registered, all of
them for Santiago population. This reactivity to human blood may be associated to pastures activities in the field.