Triatoma chagasi, Brumpt and Gomes

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 : 12

Species. T. chagasi Brumpt and Gomes

Synonym of T. vitticeps (Stål)

Etymology. We have pleasure in dedicating it to C. Chagas, thus associating his name with that of a Triatoma , a genus of Hemiptera whose importance the medical world has begun to recognize thanks to his studies ( Brumpt & Gomes 1914: 73).

Original citation. “Dedicamo-la com prazer a C. Chagas, associando deste modo o seu nome ao de um Triatoma , gênero de Hemipteros cuja importância o mundo médico começou a reconhecer por intermédio dos seus trabalhos” ( Brumpt & Gomes 1914: 73).