Triatoma wygodzinskyi, Lent

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. wygodzinskyi Lent

Etymology. His study revealed that this was a new species, similar to Triatoma maculata (Erichson, 1848) , which we shall describe below, dedicating it to our friend and renowned hemipterologist Dr. Peter Wygodzinsky, of the Institute of Regional Medicine, Tucumán, Argentina ( Lent 1951c: 349).

Original citation. “Seu estudo revelou-se tratar-se de uma nova espécie, afim de Triatoma maculata (Erichson, 1848) , que descrevemos a seguir, dedicando-a ao nosso amigo e conhecido hemipterologista Dr. Peter Wygodzinsky, do Instituto de Medicina Regional, Tucumán, Argentina ” ( Lent 1951c: 349).