First report of Psammolestes tertius Lent amp; Jurberg, 1965 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil

First report of Psammolestes tertius Lent amp; Jurberg, 1965 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil

We report the first known occurrence of Psammolestes tertius Lent & Jurberg, 1965 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. In 2009 and 2017, 2 adult specimens, a female and a male respectively, were collected at the Seridó Ecological Statio...

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Published in:Check list (Luís Felipe Toledo) Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 1109 - 1113
Main Authors: Andressa Noronha Barbosa da Silva, Liléia Diotaiuti, Antonia Claudia Jácome da Câmara, Pedro Igor Câmara de Oliveira, Lúcia Maria Cunha Galvão, Egler Chiari, Rita de Cássia Moreira de Souza
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 01-12-2018
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Summary:We report the first known occurrence of Psammolestes tertius Lent & Jurberg, 1965 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. In 2009 and 2017, 2 adult specimens, a female and a male respectively, were collected at the Seridó Ecological Station, which is located in the municipality of Serra Negra do Norte. These records broadens the geographical distribution of P. tertius in Brazil and the biodiversity of triatomines in Rio Grande do Norte.
ISSN:1809-127X
DOI:10.15560/14.6.1109