New occurrence of Triatoma costalimai Verano e Galvão, 1958 (Hemiptera, Triatominae) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, a vector of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909), endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado.

Abstract

The Triatominae subfamily (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) is a group widely distributed in the Neotropical region between the Great Lakes of North America and the province of Chubut in southern Argentina. It currently comprises 157 extant species and three fossils, distributed in 18 genera and five tribes (Alevi et al. 2021, Gil-Santana et al. 2022, Téllez-Rendón et al. 2023, Zhao et al. 2023). Most triatomine species allow Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909) (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) to complete its life cycle and become a potential vector of Chagas disease (CD) (Galvão 2014). Among the triatomine species described, more than 60 occur in Brazilian territory (Galvão 2014), in varied ecotopes, such as palm trees (species of the genus Rhodnius Stål, 1859 and Panstrongylus Berg, 1879), associated