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Geographical distribution and intra-domiciliary capture of sylvatic triatomines in La Convención province, Cusco, Peru

2010; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 52; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0036-46652010000300008

1678-9946

Dina Beatriz Torres V., Rufino Cabrera,

Trypanosoma species research and implications

The geographical distribution and intra-domiciliary capture of sylvatic triatomines in three districts of the province of La Convención, Cusco, Peru are presented. In the district of Vilcabamba, eight adults of Rhodnius pictipes and five adults of Panstrongylus geniculatus were found. In the district of Ocobamba, 19 adults, 14 nymphs, and eggs of P. rufotuberculatus were found. In the district of Echarate, six adults and 10 nymphs of Eratyrus mucronatus, an adult of R. pictipes and P. geniculatus, and a nymph of P. rufotuberculatus were also found. The geographical distribution of E. mucronatus has extended to Cusco. This is the first report in Peru of household colonization by this triatomine.