Check List 16(2): 387-390, doi: 10.15560/16.2.387

Cavernicola pilosa Barber, 1937 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in Amazonas state, Brazil

Eudi Bonfim do Nascimento^‡, Éder dos Santos Souza^§, Vinicius Fernandes de Paiva^|, Érica Cristina da Silva Chagas^‡, Cleber Galvão^¶

‡ Fundação de Vigilância em Saúde do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil§ Departamento Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo, Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Araraquara, Brazil| Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil¶ Oswaldo Cruz institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corresponding author: Cleber Galvão ( clebergalvao@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Luiz Alexandre Campos

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Citation: Nascimento EB, Souza ÉS, Paiva VF, Chagas ÉCS, Galvão C (2020) Cavernicola pilosa Barber, 1937 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first record in Amazonas state, Brazil. Check List 16(2): 387-390. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.2.387

Abstract

Cavernicola pilosa Barber, 1937 is a wild triatomine species that generally lives in caves but has been found invading dwellings. It feeds mostly on bat blood. This vector has a wide geographical distribution throughout Central and South America, including Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana, Panamá, Peru, and Venezuela. In Brazil, C. pilosa occurs in the states of Bahia, Pará, Tocantins, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, and Maranhão. We report for the first time its presence in Amazonas state, Brazil.

Keywords

Chagas disease, triatomines, tribe Cavernicolini