Classification > Superfamily
Reduvioidea
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Reduviidae
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Triatominae
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Triatomini
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Triatoma
Triatoma limai Del Ponte 1929
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Economic and sanitary importance
- Argentina
- Córdoba
Other distribution
Only known from Argentina (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979, Ceccarelli et al. 2018).
Triatoma limai is obviously closely related to Triatoma circummaculata, from which, however, it is separated by a considerable
geographical gap and slight but constant structural and chromatic characters (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
geographical gap and slight but constant structural and chromatic characters (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
This species is found under rocks on the ground, and is believed to feed on wild rodents (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
- 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
