Triatoma guazu Lent and Wygodzinsky Is a Junior Synonym of Triatoma williami Galvao, Souza and Lima.

ABSTRACT: Triatoma guazu Lent and Wygodzinsky and Triatoma williami Galvão, Souza, and Lima (Hemiptera: Triatominae) are found in human dwellings and are potential vectors of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. Triatoma guazu was described based solely on a single female specimen, from the municipality of Villarica, Guairá Department, Paraguay, and posteriorly, a male from Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil was described and designated as the allotype of this species. Triatoma williami is found in the central-west of Brazil between Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul. However, the taxonomic "status" of these species is questioned. Previous studies indicate the lack of isoenzymatic diagnostic loci, morphometric similari

SUBMITTER: Oliveira Correia JPS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9318919 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature