Species info
Classification > Superfamily Reduvioidea > Family Reduviidae > Subfamily Triatominae > Tribe Triatomini > Genus Panstrongylus
Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille 1811)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Economic and sanitary importance
  • Argentina
    • Chaco
    • Corrientes
    • Formosa
    • Misiones
    • Santa Fe
    • Santiago del Estero
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Also known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guayana, Nicaragua, Surinam, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979, Ceccarelli et al. 2018).
 
Synonyms
  • Conorrhinus lutulentus Erichson 1848
  • Conorhinus corticalis Walker 1873
  • Triatoma tenuis Neiva 1914
  • Triatoma fluminensis Neiva & Pinto 1922
  • Panstrongylus parageniculatus Ortiz 1971
Observations
This is a highly variable species as regards its size and markings (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
Host plants
This species can be collected in burrows of armadillos, anteaters, pacas, and Coendou, in bat caves, under tree bark close to birds' nests, and on various palms tress (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
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References
  • 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
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