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Reduvioidea
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Reduviidae
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Triatominae
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Triatomini
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Triatoma
Triatoma delpontei Romaña & Abalos 1947
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Economic and sanitary importance
- Argentina
- Catamarca
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Formosa
- Jujuy
- La Pampa
- La Rioja
- Salta
- Santiago del Estero
- Uruguay
Other distribution
Also known from Brazil and Paraguay (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979, Ceccarelli et al. 2018).
The eggs of this species are glued to the substratum, eg. pieces forming the birds nests; this prevents the eggs from falling to the ground (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
Holotype and 4 paratypes deposited at IFML (Instituto y Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina) (Melo et al. 2018).
Holotype and 4 paratypes deposited at IFML (Instituto y Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina) (Melo et al. 2018).
This species has been found in nestsof the parrot Myopsitta monacha cotorra where it normally feeds on the birds; nests abandoned by the birds may continue to harbor T. delpontei which then feed on small rodents or didelphids that take over the nests (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
One paratype deposited at Museo de La Plata (MLP) (Coscaron et al. 2015).
One paratype deposited at Museo de La Plata (MLP) (Coscaron et al. 2015).
- 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
- MELO M.C., M.P. ZAMUDIO & P.M. DELLAPE. 2018. A catalogue of the type specimens of Heteroptera (Insecta) housed at the Instituto Fundación Miguel Lillo (Tucumán, Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 77(2): 1-21.
