The development of spontaneous colonies of Panstrongylus megistus in experimental fowlhouses showed regional variation with positive results in regions with an annual dry season, and negative ones in regions without this well-marked period. Beside this, the influence of the forest cover was suggested. Places with forest relics are shelters of the insect populations developing a higher ecological valence with a tendency to artificial ecotope invasion. Populations living in the more primitive and extensive forest environment of the Serra do Mar […]