Confirmation of the occurrence of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) in the state of Acre, Western Amazon

Eratyrus mucronatus Stål, 1859 and Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): first records in a riverside community of Rio Negro, Amazonas state, Brazil

“…Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus has been found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, French Guiana, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina (Salomón et al 1999;Galvão 2014). In Brazil, has been found in Acre, Amazonas, Pará, and Mato Grosso (Galvão 2014;Oliveira et al 2019). The first specimen captured in Amazonas was at the mouth of the Rio Preto, a tributary of Rio Unini, part of the Rio Negro basin (Almeida and Santos 1973).…”

Trypanosoma cruzi vectors in a periurban area of the Western Brazilian Amazon

“…Most triatomine species are wild although they exhibit synanthropic behavior and can be found in various habitats, such as bird nests, under tree barks or hollow trees, in palm trees, bromeliads, vertebrateburrows , among others, as long as they provide shelter and food source 4 . There are 11 known triatomine species in Acre State, Brazil (Rhodnius robustus, first described by Stal, 1872; R. montenegrensisby Rosa et al, 2012; R. pictipesby Stal, 1872; R. neglectusby Lent, 1954; R. staliby Lent, Jurberg and Galvão, 1993; Panstrongylus geniculatusby Latreille, 1811; P. megistusby Burmeister, 1835; P. lignariusby Walker, 1873; Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus by Champion, 1899; Eratyrus mucronatusby Stal, 1859; and Triatoma sordidaby Stål, 1859) 5 .…”

Investigation of the triatomine (Hemiptera: Triatominae) fauna and its infection by Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), in an area with an outbreak of Chagas disease in the Brazilian South-Western Amazon

“…In the Brazilian Amazon, Acre is considered one of the states with the greatest diversity of triatomines, with 11 species reported, all of them already found naturally infected with trypanosomatids (Oliveira et al 2019). Although the first case of CD in the state of Acre was recorded in the 1980s (Barata et al 1988), it was the outbreaks from 2016 onwards that raised the concern about the disease, given the increase in notifications and its intrinsic relationship with the consumption of contaminated food.…”