Triatoma williami, Galvao, Silva

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 : 22

Species. T. williami Galvão, Silva e Souza and Lima

Etymology. We dedicate this species to Professor William Barbosa, chair of Tropical Medicine, because of the great contribution that, through his intelligence and culture, he made towards the creation of the Institute of Tropical Pathology of Central Brazil (Galvão, Silva e Souza & Lima 1965: 363).

Original citation. “Dedicamo-la ao Professor William Barbosa, da cadeira de Medicina Tropical, pelo muito que, de sua inteligência e cultura, emprestou para que fosse criado o Instituto de Patologia Tropical do Brasil Central” (Galvão, Silva e Souza & Lima 1965: 363).