Classification > Superfamily
Reduvioidea
> Family
Reduviidae
> Subfamily
Triatominae
> Tribe
Triatomini
> Genus
Triatoma
Triatoma garciabesi Carcavallo, Cichero, Martínez, Prosen & Ronderos 1967
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Economic and sanitary importance
- Argentina
- Catamarca
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Formosa
- Jujuy
- La Rioja
- Mendoza
- Salta
- San Juan
- San Luis
- Santa Fe
- Santiago del Estero
- Tucumán
Other distribution
Also known from Bolivia (Galvao et al. 2003).
This species is most abundant in peridomestic areas, mainly associated with `algarrobo' trees, where chickens roosted, and chicken coops; it tends to be an arboreal species, repeatedly found on the same trees (Canale et al. 2000).
- CANALE, D.M., M.C. CECERE, R. CHUIT & R.E. GURTLER. 2000. Peridomestic distribution of Triatoma garciabesi and Triatoma guasayana in north-west Argentina. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 14: 383-390.
- GALVÃO, C., R. CARCAVALLO, D. DA SILVA ROCHA & J. JURBERG. 2003. A checklist of the current valid species of the subfamily Triatominae Jeannel, 1919 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and their geographical distribution, with nomenclatural and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 202: 1-36.
- 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
