- Triatoma juazeirensis
Taxobox
name = Triatoma juazeirensis
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
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 ofBahia ,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 darkpronotum 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.
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