title: [Influence of anthropic habits in the dispersion of Triatoma pseudomaculata Corrêa & Espínola, 1964 through Mimosa tenuiflora (Willdenow) (Mimosaceae) in the State of Ceará, Brazil].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmanioses, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. sfreitas@ioc.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Simone Patrícia Carneiro
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: Assilon Lindoval Carneiro
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: Severino do Monte
authors.initials: Sdo M
authors.lastname: Prazeres
authors.forename: Teresa Cristina Monte
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000635:transmission; D006184:Habits; D006798:Housing; D007300:Insect Control; D007303:Insect Vectors; D031298:Mimosa; D014224:Triatoma