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Issue: Vol. 1443 No. 1: 9 Apr. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1443.1.5
Page range: 55–64
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 26

Belminus ferroae n. sp. from the Colombian north-east, with a key to the species of the genus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

Universidad de Pamplona, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Biomédicas, INBIOM, Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Pamplona, Norte de Santander, Colombia Instituto Experimental Jose Witremundo Torrealba, Universidad de los Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela Subgrupo de control de vectores, Instituto Departamental de Salud, Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia
Subgrupo de control de vectores, Instituto Departamental de Salud, Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia
Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Departamento de Protozoologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 21040-900
Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Departamento de Protozoologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 21040-900
Hemiptera Belminus ferroae Reduviidae Triatominae Colombia

Abstract

Belminus ferroae, a new triatomine species, is described on the basis of specimens collected in dwellings of the Andean oriental mountain range, municipality Toledo, Departament of North Santander, Colombia. It differs from other species of the genus in the color pattern of the body, corium light colored, cells of the membrane light brown, with secondary venation that gives a reticular aspect to the wing, in design of the connexivum, and phallic structures of the male. Illustrations of male genitalia of Belminus herreri, a related species, are included.

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