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New record and cytogenetic analysis of Psammolestes tertius Lent & Jurberg, 1965 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) from Bahia State, Brazil.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 20 Jun 2016
Oliveira J, Alevi K C C, Fonseca E O L, Souza O M F, Santos C G S, Azeredo-Oliveira M T V, da Rosa J A
Abstract excerpt
This paper reports on the first occurrence of Psammolestes tertius in the Chapada Diamantina region, located in the city of Seabra, Bahia State, in northeastern Brazil. Following an active search, 24 P. tertius specimens were collected from Phacellodomus rufifrons (rufous-fronted thornbird) nests. The insects did not present any symptoms of infection by Trypanosoma cruzi. P. tertius males were cytogenetically...
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