Occurrences of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and first reports of Panstrongylus geniculatus in urban environments in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T17:54:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-01-01. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2019-10-09T18:27:40Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S0036-46652018005000219.pdf: 765663 bytes, checksum: 6fe7a66f29d241e28775abaa74cbc069 (MD5) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) This note reports on occurrences of triatomine species in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, registered between 1988 and 2017. Records of triatomines captured in Sao Paulo are based on specimens received spontaneously from Health Surveillance Centers, Health Centers and Zoonosis Control Centers in the city as well as from citizens. Species were identified morphologically at the Public Health Entomology Laboratory, Faculty of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, where the triatomines, which are vectors of Chagas disease, were tested for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. The first reported occurrence of triatomine bugs in urban Sao Paulo was in 1988. The specimen, which was captured in Jardim Sao Luiz district, was from the genus Panstrongylus and was registered as Panstrongylus sp. but was not sexed. Since this first recorded occurrence, the following species have been found in the city: Panstrongylus geniculatus (2 occurrences), P. megistus (15 occurrences), Triatoma infestans (1 occurrence) and T. sordida (3 occurrences). In this paper, the importance of reporting occurrences of triatomine bugs in the city of Sao Paulo, one of the largest metropolis in the world, is discussed with an emphasis on P. megistus. The occurrences discussed here indicate the importance of entomological surveillance for these vectors even in urban centers although the possibility of vector transmission of Chagas disease in these centers is very low. Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Saude Publ, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Div Vigilancia Zoonoses, Lab Identificacao & Pesquisa Fauna Sinantrop, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Biol Anim, Campinas, SP, Brazil Secretaria Estado Saude Sao Paulo, Superintendencia Controle Endemias, Div Programas Especiais, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Secretaria Estado Saude Sao Paulo, Superintendencia Controle Endemias, Dept Combate Vetores, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Ciencias Biol, Araraquara, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Ciencias Biol, Araraquara, SP, Brazil FAPESP: 2012/19238-4