[Influence of anthropic habits in the dispersion of Triatoma pseudomaculata Corrêa & Espínola, 1964 through Mimosa tenuiflora (Willdenow) (Mimosaceae) in the State of Ceará, Brazil].
Triatoma pseudomaculata was captured in the phloem of the black acacia bush (Mimosa tenuiflora) in seven municipalities in the State of Ceará, Brazil. This bush is widespread in the caatinga (scrub forest) and is used extensively by the rural population for kindling. Peridomiciliary presence of triatomines in the Cariri region may be associated with the use of infested M. tenuiflora wood by the population, thus facilitating the triatomines' mobilization and dispersion.
Freitas
Simone Patrícia Carneiro
SP
Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmanioses, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. sfreitas@ioc.fiocruz.br
Freitas
Assilon Lindoval Carneiro
AL
Prazeres
Severino do Monte
Sdo M
Gonçalves
Teresa Cristina Monte
TC
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000635:transmission; D006184:Habits; D006798:Housing; D007300:Insect Control; D007303:Insect Vectors; D031298:Mimosa; D014224:Triatoma