Check List 15(2): 259-264, doi: 10.15560/15.2.259
Panstrongylus diasi Pinto & Lent, 1946 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in Mato Grosso, Brazil
expand article infoMirian Francisca Martins‡, Sinara Cristina de Moraes§, Marcos Takashi Obara|, Cleber Galvão
‡ Secretaria de Estado de Saúde de Mato Grosso; Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Saúde, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz , Barra do Garças, Brazil§ Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Barra do Garças, Brazil| Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil¶ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corresponding author: Mirian Francisca Martins ( mirianfranmartins@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Hélcio Gil-Santana
© Mirian Francisca Martins, Sinara Cristina de Moraes, Marcos Takashi Obara, Cleber Galvão.
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Citation: Martins MF, Moraes SC, Obara MT, Galvão C (2018) Panstrongylus diasi Pinto & Lent, 1946 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Check List 15(2): 259-264. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.2.259
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Abstract
Panstrongylus diasi Pinto & Lent, 1946, previously known from throught the Brazilian center-west, is reported for the first time in Mato Grosso state, Brazil. We found 3 specimens, 1 of them from an urban area of Barra do Garças. The new record of P. diasi is important for the understanding of the epidemiology of Chagas disease, mainly because this species is found naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909). Studies on the ecology, biogeography, and vector–host/parasite interactions of P. diasi are essential.
Keywords
Chagas disease, ecology, new records, surveillance programs, Trypanosoma cruzi