Ribeiro Mariane Albuquerque Lima, Castro Gabriela Vieira de Souza, Souza Janis Lunier de, Cardoso Acigelda da Silva, Madeira Fernanda Portela, Camargo Luis Marcelo Aranha, Meneguetti Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira
Centro de Ciências da Saúde e do Desporto, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brasil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Ciência da Saúde na Amazônia Ocidental, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, AC, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2019 Mar 18;52:e20180307. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0307-2018.
This communication reports the first occurrence of Panstrongylus lignarius in the State of Acre, Brazil.
A specimen of P. lignarius was collected from a residence in a rural area of the municipality of Rio Branco, Acre, Western Amazon.
This new report of P. lignarius extends the distribution of this species to eight Brazilian states, and also increases the number of species of Triatominae described from the state of Acre from nine to ten.
The occurrence of P. lignarius deserves attention, since this species has the potential for domiciliation and transmitting Trypanosoma cruzi.
本通讯报道了巴西阿克里州首次发现木质强棱锥蝽。
从位于亚马逊西部阿克里州里奥布兰科市农村地区的一处住宅采集到一只木质强棱锥蝽标本。
木质强棱锥蝽的这一新报告将该物种的分布范围扩展至巴西的八个州,同时也使阿克里州已描述的锥蝽亚科物种数量从9种增加到10种。
木质强棱锥蝽的出现值得关注,因为该物种有可能适应家居环境并传播克氏锥虫。