America and the high moistures that routinely occur in the microhabitats
of Rhodnius spp. in palm trees particularly during the rainy
season (Abad-Franch and Monteiro, 2009) will increase efficacy of
fungi against these vectors.
Acknowledgements
We thank Carmeci N. Elias for rearing the triatomines and
Richard A. Humber for the critical review of the manuscript. This
research was funded by the National Council of Scientific and Technological
Development (CNPq, Brazil).