Triatoma vandae
sp.n. of the oliveirai complex from the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil (
Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae
)
There are several specific complexes belonging to the genus
Triatoma
Laporte, 1832, which are generally associated to specific geographic areas.
Recent publications have linked the oliveirai complex to ecosystems of Mato
Grosso, which are also present in other Brazilian states and even in other
bordering countries as eastern Paraguay. The study of the abundant material
collected during the last years allowed the description of several new species
of the oliveirai complex:
T.
jurbergi
Carcavallo, Galvão & Lent, 1998;
T.
baratai
Carcavallo & Jurberg, 2000 and
T.
klugi
Carcavallo, Jurberg, Lent & Galvão, 2001. Another new species belonging
to the same complex is described here as
T.
vandae
sp.n. It originates from the state of Mato Grosso, and has been reared in
the insectary of the Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência
em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto
Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro.
