Classification > Superfamily
Reduvioidea
> Family
Reduviidae
> Subfamily
Ectrichodinae
> Genus
Pothea
> Subgenus
Pothea (Pothea)
Pothea (Pothea) carcavalloi Carpintero 1978
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Jujuy
Other distribution
Also known from Bolivia (Carpintero 1980).
This species is able to feed over rodents, and the analysis of the digestive content showed T. cruzi Chagas, 1909 (Carpintero 1980).
Holotype and one paratype deposited at MACN (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Bachmann 1999).
Holotype and one paratype deposited at MACN (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Bachmann 1999).
- CARPINTERO, D.J. 1980. Nuevos Ectrichodiinae Americanos (Insecta-Hemiptera-Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Entomologia 14: 3-33.
- BACHMANN, A.O. 1999. Catálogo de los tipos de Heteroptera (Insecta) conservados en el Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, n.s. 1(2): 191-230.
