First Case of a Human Being Bitten by a Water Boatman (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Corixidae) from Chile

Eduardo I. Faúndez; Nicolas A. Rojas-Porras

doi:10.1093/jme/tjv144

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Eduardo I. Faúndez,^1,2,* Nicolas A. Rojas-Porras³

¹1Entomology Department, North Dakota State University, School of Natural Resource Sciences, Dept. 76
²2Departamento de Zoología Médica, Centro de Estudios en Biodiversidad (CEBCh), Magallanes, 1979, Oso
³4NARP Exhibition Center, El Sauce, San Pedro, Melipilla, Chile (webmasternajash@gmail.com).

^*Corresponding author, e-mail: ed.faundez@gmail.com, and

Abstract

The first record of a water boatman (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Corixidae) biting humans is described. The case is from Chile, and the biting species was identified as Sigara trimaculata (Le Guillou, 1841). The possible causes of the bites are discussed.

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Eduardo I. Faúndez and Nicolas A. Rojas-Porras "First Case of a Human Being Bitten by a Water Boatman (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Corixidae) from Chile," Journal of Medical Entomology 53(1), 210-211, (16 October 2015). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv144

Received: 19 May 2015; Accepted: 8 September 2015; Published: 16 October 2015