Triatoma matsunoi, Fernandez-Loayza

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 : 17

Species. T. matsunoi Fernández-Loayza

Synonym of Hermalentia matsunoi (Fernández-Loayza)

Etymology. The species name matsunoi has been assigned to honor Dr. Alejandro Yoshio Matsuno Matsuno (May 14, 1931, to January 2, 1982), a physician and epidemiologist within the Ministry of Health’s Malaria Eradication and Chagas Disease Control Program (PEMCC), because of his selfless work and the teachings given to this author ( Fernández-Loayza 1989: 24).

Original citation. “Se há asignado el nombre específico matsunoi en honor al Dr. Alejandro Yoshio Matsuno Matsuno (14.V.31 -2I.82) médico epidemiólogo del Programa de Erradicación de la Malaria Y Control de Chagas (PEMCC) del Ministério de Salud por su abnegada labor y lãs enseñanzas brindadas al autor” ( Fernández-Loayza 1989: 24).