TABLE I. Triatominae species of Suriname.
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| Species | NHML | BOG | NZCS | Total |
| Eratyrus mucronatus | 12 (7.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.6) | 13 (3) |
| Microtriato trinidadensis a | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Panstrongylus geniculatus | 47 (30.9) | 0 (0) | 40 (25.8) | 87 (20.3) |
| Panstrongylus lignarius | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (0.7) |
| Panstrongylus mitarakaensis b | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus | 5 (3.3) | 0 (0) | 11 (7.1) | 16 (3.7) |
| Rhodnius pictipes | 73 (48) | 103 (84.4) | 92 (59.4) | 268 (62.5) |
| Rhodnius robustus | 12 (7.9) | 19 (15.6) | 10 (6.5) | 41 (9.6) |
| Triatoma maculata | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) |
a: Lent and Wygodzinsky (1979) refer to a M. trinidadensis specimen originating from Suriname and stored at the National History Museum at Leiden (NHML) (the Netherlands). This specimen no longer exists; b: the single known specimen of P. mitarakaensis is in France (French Guiana) (Bérenger & Blanchet 2007). Data on number of specimens collected and their relative abundance (%) in the collections (until August 2013) from the NHML, Bureau of Public Health in Suriname (BOG) and the National Zoological Collection of Suriname (NZCS).