Microtriatoma pratai, Sherlock and Guitton

Gonçalves, Teresa Cristina Monte, Novo, Shênia Patrícia Corrêa, Lopes, Catarina Macedo & Santos-Mallet, Jacenir Reis Dos, 2009, Etymology of Triatomine Species (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), Zootaxa 2148, pp. 1-26 : 3

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.188695

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6219457

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C6879F-D40C-C04D-B588-780AB9A6FB38

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Plazi

scientific name

Microtriatoma pratai
status

 

Species. M. pratai Sherlock and Guitton

Etymology. We shall call it Microtriatoma pratai sp. n., in homage to our illustrious master of tropical diseases, Professor Aluisio Prata, whose teachings and investigative studies have greatly contributed towards clarifying the mechanisms of infectious and parasitic diseases such as Chagas disease. The insect described here may be one of the natural vectors for the biocenosis of T. cruzi ( Sherlock & Guitton 1982: 131) .

Original citation. “Designamo-la de Microtriatoma pratai sp. n., em homenagem ao nosso ilustre mestre de doenças tropicais, o Prof. Aluisio Prata, que muito tem contribuído com seus ensinamentos e trabalhos de investigação para o esclarecimento dos mecanismos das doenças infectuosas e parasitárias, como a doença de Chagas, da qual o inseto aqui descrito, poder ser um dos vetores naturais na biocenose do T. cruzi ” ( Sherlock & Guitton 1982: 131) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Reduviidae

Genus

Microtriatoma

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