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Belminus santosmalletae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae): New Species from Panama, with an Updated Key for Belminus Stål, 1859 Species
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DALE, Carolina; JUSTI, Silvia Andrade; GALVÃO, Cleber. Belminus santosmalletae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae): New Species from Panama, with an Updated Key for Belminus Stål, 1859 Species. Insects, v. 12, n.686, p. 1-12, July 2021.
2075-4450
10.3390/insects12080686
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Dale, Carolina
Justi, Silvia Andrade
Galvão, Cleber
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Abstract: Belminus santosmalletae, a new triatomine species, is described based on a specimen from
Panama, deposited in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithso nian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. Attempts failed to identify this specimen using the keys by
Lent and Wygodzinsky (1979) and Sandoval et al. (2007). A comparison was made with specimens of
Belminus Stål, 1859 specimens deposited at the Triatominae collection at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute
(CTIOC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and with previous descriptions of Belminus species. These compar isons showed the specimen represents a new species, described in the present paper. It differs from
other species of the genus mainly by the grainy tegument, scarce pilosity along the body, and the
number of tubercles observed on the pronotum.