First report of Microtriatoma borbai Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil: would M. borbai be living in eucalyptus crops?

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Hélcio Reinaldo Gil-Santana, David dos Santos Martins, João Bosco da Silva, Jader de Oliveira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2021
• Subjects: Biogeography; Bolboderini; Kissing bugs; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Lent
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0147-2021; https://doaj.org/article/85c7200e77ea4b7e8b27277541146bdf

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The occurrence of Microtriatoma borbai in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil is reported by the first time. METHODS: A triatomine specimen collected in a hybrid eucalyptus crop in the municipality of Aracruz, Espírito Santo state was found to be a male M. borbai. RESULTS: Thi...