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Reduvioidea
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Reduviidae
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Triatominae
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Rhodniini
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Psammolestes
Psammolestes coreodes Bergroth 1911
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Catamarca
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Formosa
- Jujuy
- La Rioja
- Salta
- Santa Fe
- Santiago del Estero
- Tucumán
Other distribution
Also known from Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979, Cecarelli et al. 2018).
This species has never been found naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, although it can be infected experimentally (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
Inhabits nests of Phacellodomus sibilatrix Sclater (Furnaridae), Myopsitta monacha cotorra (Psittacidae), Pseudoseisura lophotes (Furnaridae), and other non identified birds. Also collected under the bark of Schinopsis quebracho-colorado (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
- PENNINGTON, M.S. 1920-1921. Lista de los Hemípteros Heterópteros de la República Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- LENT, H. & P. WYGODZINSKY. 1979. Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 163(3): 123-520.
- CECCARELLI S., BALSALOBRE A., MEDONE P., CANO M., GURGEL-GONCALVEZ R., FELICIANGLEI D., VEZZANI D., WISNIVESKI-COLLI C., GORLA D.E., MARTI G. RABINOVICH J. 2018. DataTri, a database of American triatomine species occurrence. ScientificData 5:180071 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2018.71
