''Mepraia'' is a genus in the subfamily
Triatominae
The members of the Triatominae , a subfamily of the Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs (so-called from their habit of feeding from around the mouths of people), or vampire bugs. Other local names for them used in The Ameri ...
, endemic in Chile, and vectors of
Chagas disease
Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by ''Trypanosoma cruzi''. It is spread mostly by insects in the subfamily ''Triatominae'', known as "kissing bugs". The symptoms change over the cou ...
.
Species
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Mepraia eratyrusiformis'' (Del Ponte, 1929)
[Hypsa, V., Tietz, D.F., Zrzavy, J., Rego, R.O.M., Galvao, C., Jurberg, J., 2002. Phylogeny and biogeography of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): molecular evidence of a new world origin of the Asiatic clade. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 23, 447-457]
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Mepraia gajardoi'' Frías, Henry & González, 1998
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Mepraia parapatrica'' Frías, 2010
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Mepraia spinolai'' (Porter, 1934)
References
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Reduviidae
Arthropods of Chile