Triatoma juazeirensis

Taxobox
name = Triatoma juazeirensis
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hemiptera
subordo = Heteroptera
superfamilia = Cimicomorpha
familia = Reduviidae
subfamilia = Triatominae
genus = "Triatoma"
species = "T. juazeirensis"
binomial = "Triatoma juazeirensis"
binomial_authority = Costa & Felix, 2007

"Triatoma juazeirensis" is an assassin bug, a newly described Chagas disease vector which occurs in the State of Bahia, Brazil. It is found in natural and artificial environments infesting mainly the peridomiciliary areas but it may also colonize the intradomicile. "T. juazeirensis" can be distinguished from the other members of the brasiliensis complex by its entire dark pronotum and legs.

References

* Costa J., Felix M. (2007)."Triatoma juazeirensis" sp. nov. from the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae). "Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 102"(1): 87-90.
* Lent H., Wygodzinsky P. (1979). Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. "Bull Am Mus Nat Hist 163": 125-520.