Table 1.

Triatomine infestation in 72 natural ecotopes sampled in eight Caatinga lowland sites of the Jaguaribe Valley, Ceará, Brazil, 2012.

Ecotope	Local name	No, sampled	No. infested (%)	No. bugs collected*							Total
				NI	NII	NIII	NIV	NV	Male	Female
Cacti
Pilosocereus gounellei	Xiquexique	44	21 (47.73)	34	41	45	17	9	7	4	157
Hardwood trees
Licania rigida	Oiticica	18	1 (5.56)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2†
Auxemma oncocalyx	Pau branco	6	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aspidosperma pyrifolium	Pereiro	2	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Erythrina velutina	Mulungu	1	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ziziphus joazeiro	Juazeiro	1	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total trees		28	1 (3.57)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Total		72	22 (30.56)	35	41	45	17	9	8	4	159

^*NI–NV are the five immature stages (nymph I–V) of the Triatominae.

^†All specimens were identified as Triatoma brasiliensis s.s. except for these two T. pseudomaculata bugs collected in one Licania rigida tree.