Microsatellite markers in Triatoma pseudomaculata (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae), Chagas’ disease vector in Brazil

Six polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized using a microsatellite-enriched genomic library from the Chagas’ disease vector Triatoma pseudomaculata. This species is found in Brasil in Caatinga areas and predominantly in peridomestic habitats. All the microsatellites tested on a population of T. pseudomaculata sampled in the Bahia State, Brazil, were polymorphic (2–15 alleles). Markers amplification was also tested on six Triatoma species and some loci successfully amplified in the most phylogenetically related species, in particular Triatoma brasiliensis.