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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Abad-Franch F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4109185 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 20130101
Rhodnius barretti, a new triatomine species, is described based on adult specimens collected in rainforest environments within the Napo ecoregion of western Amazonia (Colombia and Ecuador). R. barretti resembles Rhodnius robustus s.l., but mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences reveal that it is a strongly divergent member of the "robustus lineage", i.e., basal to the clade encompassing Rhodnius nasutus, Rhodnius neglectus, Rhodnius prolixus and five members of the R. robustus species complex ...[more]