Rhodnius robustus in Bolivia identified by its wings

Wings of a Rhodnius specimen from Alto Beni (Bolivia) was examined for iden tification and compared with R. stali, R. robustus, (certified Bolivian spe cies), R. pictipes and R. prolixus (suspected Bolivian species). A projecti on of the unidentified wings as supplementary data into a discriminant anal ysis of shape revealed clear cut differences with R. stali and R. pictipes, less differences with R. prolixus, and none with R. robustus. Combining gl obal size and shape of the wings, the unknown specimen was identified as R. robustus. Thus, this study confirmed the presence of R. robustus in Bolivi a. It also highlighted the possibility of morphometrics to taxonomically in terpret one individual, or even one piece of an individual, when related sp ecies data are available for comparison.