Nova espécie do complexo oliveirai (nova denominação para o complexo matogrossensis) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Rodolfo U Carcavallo, José Jurberg, Herman Lent, Cleber Galvão, Mário Steindel, Carlos José Carvalho Pinto
2001 Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz  
A New Species of the oliveirai Complex (New Designation for matogrossensis Complex) from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil -The authors describe a new species of Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The study was made with specimens captured in basaltic formations, at an average altitude of 750 m.o.s.l. The new species is included in the oliveirai complex together with other four species T. williami, T. matogrossensis, T. guazu and T. jurbergi).
more » ... he new species was compared with the most similar one, T. oliveirai, from which the main differences are on the proportions of head, ante and postocular regions, the general color pattern and the male genitalia, specially on the median process of the pygophore, the support of phallosome, the vesica and the process of the endosome.
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762001000100008 fatcat:n6zabj5nyfdpzdlqtvgz232bzu