First record of Belminus laportei Lent, Jurberg & Carcavallo, 1995 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from French Guiana

First record of Belminus laportei Lent, Jurberg & Carcavallo, 1995 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from French Guiana

The occurrence of Belminus laportei Lent, Jurberg & Carcavallo, 1995 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in French Guiana is reported for the first time. A triatomine specimen collected in Bélizon, French Guiana was found to be a female of Belminus laportei, a species known so far only from Par...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista chilena de entomología 2021-09, Vol.47 (3), p.459-463
Hauptverfasser: Gil-Santana, Hélcio R., de Oliveira, Jader
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
biogeography
bolboderini
chagas disease
heteroptera
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Zusammenfassung:The occurrence of Belminus laportei Lent, Jurberg & Carcavallo, 1995 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in French Guiana is reported for the first time. A triatomine specimen collected in Bélizon, French Guiana was found to be a female of Belminus laportei, a species known so far only from Pará State, Brazil. The discovery of this species broadens its known geographic distribution and increases the number of triatomines recorded from the French Guiana to fifteen.
ISSN:0034-740X
0718-8994
DOI:10.35249/rche.47.3.21.02