Triatomine bugs (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the Domiciles of the Guaribas Valley Territory, in Northeastern Brazil.
Antonio Ferreira Mendes-SousaLeid Daiane Neri de AraújoSamires Silva de SousaSuzane de Carvalho AlencarWesesller Almeida de Sousa JúniorLarisse Maria de SousaSuzane Maria da RochaJosé Cleves da Silva MaiaMárcia Maria Mendes MarquesTamaris Gimenez PinheiroEdson Lourenço da SilvaVeruska Cavalcanti BarrosAna Carolina Landim PachecoPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)
This is the first report of T. b. macromelasoma and T. juazeirensis in the Guaribas Valley territory. The persistence of triatomine species in the domiciles in an endemic area for Chagas disease emphasizes the relevance of entomological surveillance and vector control measures in the studied area.