Capture of Triatoma arthurneivai (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) using a new luminous trap in Southeast Brazil.
BACKGROUND
Triatomine bug captures in the wild are laborious and time-consuming. Some traps may assist in this task. We report a new trap design and the capture of a specimen of a triatomine rarely found.


METHODS
Two luminous traps were installed in the city of Diamantina, State of Minas Gerais, and surveyed weekly for a year.


RESULTS
A Triatoma arthurneivai female and other triatomine bugs were caught.


CONCLUSIONS
A new trap design may be used in triatomine bugs field captures, mainly in low density areas. We assume the center of endemism of Triatoma arthurneivai is the Espinhaço Mountain range.
Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, MG, Brasil.
João Victor Leite
JV
Dias
Bethânia Alves de
BA
Avelar
Hildebrando
H
Cirqueira Júnior
Liléia
L
Diotaiuti
Herton Helder Rocha
HH
Pires
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000635:transmission; D004772:Entomology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014224:Triatoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification