Triatoma melanica

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Triatoma melanica Neiva & Lent, 1941

This insect is hematophagous, a Chagas disease vector, included in the Triatominae group. It occurs in the north of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, and is found exclusively in silvatic environment. However, sporadically it may also invade houses. T. melanica was originally described as Triatoma brasiliensis melanica Neiva & Lent, 1941. Recently, it was redescribed with a new specific status, due to its distinct morphology, genetics, and biogeographic characteristics.


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Triatoma melanica
  • Costa J, Argolo A, Felix M 2006. Redescription of Triatoma melanica Neiva & Lent, 1941, new status (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae). Zootaxa 1385: 47-58.
  • Lent H, Wygodzinsky P 1979. Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. Bull Am Mus Nat Hist 163: 125-520.
  • Monteiro FA, Donnelly MJ, Beard CB, Costa J 2004. Nested clade and phylogeographic analyses of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma brasiliensis in Northeast Brazil. Mol Phylogenet Evol 32: 46-56.