Abstract

MARTINEZ AVENDANO, Eddy et al. Triatoma boliviana sp. n. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) de los valles subandinos de La Paz - Bolivia, similar a Triatoma nigromaculata Stål, 1859. Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2007, vol.52, n.1, pp.9-16. ISSN 1562-6776.

Triatoma bolivianasp. n. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from Sub Andean valleys of La Paz - Bolivia, related to Triatoma nigromaculata Stål, 1859. We present the description of Triatoma boliviana sp. n. based on morphological external characters of 3 males and 3 females following the keys of Lent and Wygodzinsky (1979) and Carcavallo et al. (1997). The new species are very similar to Triatoma nigromaculata and was captured in Sub Andean valleys from Muñecas Province, Department of La Paz, Bolivia.

Keywords : Triatoma boliviana sp. n; Triatoma nigromaculata; Triatominae; Taxonomy; Bolivia.

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