First report of Rhodnius amazonicus Almeida, Santos & Sposina, 1973 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) invading a dwelling in the state of Amapá, Brazil

Érika Oliveira Galeno; Jader Oliveira; Wellington Monteiro Dos Santos; Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo; Josiane Nogueira Müller

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15204

First report of Rhodnius amazonicus Almeida, Santos & Sposina, 1973 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) invading a dwelling in the state of Amapá, Brazil

Heliyon. 2023 Apr 18;9(5):e15204. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15204. eCollection 2023 May.

Authors

Érika Oliveira Galeno¹, Jader Oliveira², Wellington Monteiro Dos Santos³, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo³, Josiane Nogueira Müller^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Prefeitura Municipal de Macapá, Departamento de Vigilância Ambiental, Cabralzinho, Macapá, AP, Brazil.
² Laboratório de Entomologia em Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Arnaldo 715, 01246-904, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Laboratório de Entomologia Médica, Núcleo de Biodiversidade, Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brazil.
⁴ Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Abstract

Rhodnius amazonicus has been previously reported in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará, as well as in French Guiana. However, this is the first recorded presence of this species in Amapá, which is situated in the northern region of Brazil. The specimen was collected from a house in the rural area of the municipality of Porto Grande. Other triatomines, such as Panstrongylus geniculatus, Rhodnius pictipes, and Eratyrus mucronatus, were also found in the same locality in different houses. These species are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease. Therefore, this report may contribute to understanding transmission in the state of Amapá, where new infections and outbreaks of Chagas disease have been recorded.

Keywords: Amazon; New records; Species distribution; Triatominae; Vectors.