Bérenger J M, Pluot-Sigwalt D
Laboratoire de Biologie et Evolution des Insectes, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes et Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2002 Jan;97(1):73-7. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762002000100011.
The discovery of two atypical specimens of Rhodnius pictipes Stål, 1872 in French Guiana and the examination of the female holotype of R. amazonicus Almeida, Santos & Sposina, 1973, the only specimen of this species so far known, lead us to propose the rehabilitation of R. amazonicus synonymized with R. pictipes. The male is described for the first time and the female redescribed. Both external characters and genitalia distinguish R. amazonicus from R. pictipes. R. amazonicus shows affinities not only with pictipes but also with R. stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão, 1993 and R. paraensis Sherlock, Guitton & Miles, 1977. A key is provided for these four species forming, in all likelihood, a natural group, i.e. the "pictipes group".
在法属圭亚那发现了两份1872年的斯塔氏足猎蝽(Rhodnius pictipes Stål)非典型标本,并对1973年亚马孙足猎蝽(R. amazonicus Almeida, Santos & Sposina)的雌性正模标本(该物种目前已知的唯一标本)进行了检查,这使我们提议恢复亚马孙足猎蝽作为足猎蝽同物异名的地位。首次描述了雄性,并重新描述了雌性。外部特征和生殖器都将亚马孙足猎蝽与足猎蝽区分开来。亚马孙足猎蝽不仅与足猎蝽有亲缘关系,还与1993年的斯塔氏足猎蝽(R. stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão)以及1977年的帕拉足猎蝽(R. paraensis Sherlock, Guitton & Miles)有亲缘关系。为这四个物种提供了一个检索表,它们很可能构成一个自然类群,即“足猎蝽类群”。