Article
Formal Assignation of the Kissing Bug Triatoma lecticularia (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) to the Genus Paratriatoma
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PAIVA, Vinícius Fernandes de et al. Formal Assignation of the Kissing Bug Triatoma lecticularia (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) to the Genus Paratriatoma. Insects, v. 12, n. 538, 12 p, 2021.
2075-4450
10.3390/insects12060538
Autor
Paiva, Vinicius Fernandes de
Oliveira, Jader de
Galvão, Cleber
Justi, Silvia Andrade
Landa, José Manuel Ayala
Rosa, João Aristeu da
Resumen
Abstract: The subfamily Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) comprises hematophagous insects
that are vectors of Chagas disease; including species assigned to the genera Triatoma and Paratriatoma.
Initial examination of Triatoma lecticularia revealed the hirsuteness covering the entire body—a
characteristic and striking feature of members of the genus Paratriatoma—and a systematic study
revealed several other morphological characters that are in diagnostic alignment with Paratriatoma.
Based on the examination of several specimens (including the lectotype), and with the additional
support of molecular and cytogenetic data, we propose the formal transferal of Triatoma lecticularia
(Stål, 1859) into the genus Paratriatoma with the resulting new combination: Paratriatoma lecticularia
(Stål, 1859) comb. nov. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae).