Hallazgo de Triatoma platensis Neiva, 1913 (Hemiptera, Triatominae) en el estado brasileño de "Rio Grande do Sul" Finding of Triatoma platensis Neiva, 1913 (Hemiptera, Triatominae) in the Brazilian State of "Rio Grande do Sul"

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Roberto Salvatella, Yester Basmadjián, Raquel Rosa, María Martínez, Gabriela Mendaro, Eduardo Civila
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1991
• Subjects: Triatoma platensis; Brasil; Distribución; Triatomíneos; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Argentina; Uruguay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651991000100001; https://doaj.org/article/4f3d693777fe4973bf890e3346aa2811

Triatoma platensis Neiva 1913 (Hemiptera, Triatominae), especie ornitófila, con área de dispersión conocida en Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay y Uruguay es notificada en un primer registro para Brasil. Hallada en el municipio de Uruguaiana (Río Grande do Sul) en nidos de Anumbius annumbi (Vieillot, 1817) (Passeriformes, Furnariidae) donde cohabitaba con cricétidos de la especie Orizomys flavescens. Ningún ejemplar de los siete colectados se presentó infectado por Trypanosoma cruzi. Triatoma platensis, an ornitophilic species, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay is reported for the first time in Brazil. It was found in the county of Uruguaiana (Rio Grande do Sul) in nests of Anumbius annumbi (Vieillot, 1817) (Passeriformes, Furnariidae) where it cohabited with cricetids belonging to the species Orizomys flavescens. None of the seven individuals collected were infected by Trypanosoma cruzi.