H. Lent et al., BELMINUS LAPORTEI SP-N FROM THE AMAZON REGION (HEMIPTERA, REDUVIIDAE,TRIATOMINAE), Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 90(1), 1995, pp. 33-39
The new species resembles B.herreri Lent and Wygodzinsky, 1979 from wh
ich it differs by the following characters: the color pattern, the ros
tral segments ratio, the shape of the post-ocular region of the head a
nd the general shape of the pronotum, without the conspicuous angle in
the lateral side where fore and hind lobes joint.