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Information on ''Triatoma infestans'' and other members of Triatominae
by Andreas Rose
ECLAT
European Community Latin American Network for Research on the Biology and Control of Triatominae * more external links see:
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of assassin bug
The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. The main example ...
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 Amer ...
(kissing bugs). The members of ''Triatoma'' (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliva may also trigger allergic reactions in sensitive individuals, up to and including severe anaphylactic shock.
Species
These are species according to reliable sources. While most species are found in the New World, a few are known from the Old World. NOTE: ''The designation (Tc) signifies that the species is associated withTrypanosoma cruzi
''Trypanosoma cruzi'' is a species of parasitic euglenoids. Among the protozoa, the trypanosomes characteristically bore tissue in another organism and feed on blood (primarily) and also lymph. This behaviour causes disease or the likelihood o ...
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* '' Triatoma amicitiae'' Lent, 1951
* '' Triatoma arthurneivai'' Lent & Martins, 1940
* '' Triatoma bahiensis'' Sherlock & Serafim, 1967
* ''Triatoma baratai
''Triatoma'' is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of ''Triatoma'' (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliv ...
'' Carcavallo & Jurberg, 2000
* '' Triatoma barberi'' Usinger, 1939
* '' Triatoma bolivari'' Carcavallo, Martínez & Pelaez, 1984
* '' Triatoma boliviana'' Avendaño, 2007
* '' Triatoma bouvieri'' Larrousse, 1924
* '' Triatoma brailovskyi'' Martínez, Carcavallo & Pelaez, 1984
* '' Triatoma brasiliensis'' Neiva, 1911
* '' Triatoma breyeri'' Del Ponte, 1929, possible synonym of '' Mepraia breyeri''
* '' Triatoma carcavalloi'' Jurberg, Rocha & Lent, 1998
* '' Triatoma carrioni'' Larrousse, 1926
* '' Triatoma cavernicola'' Else & Cheong, 1977
* ''Triatoma circummaculata
''Triatoma'' is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of ''Triatoma'' (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliv ...
'' (Stål, 1859)
* ''Triatoma costalimai
''Triatoma'' is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of ''Triatoma'' (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliv ...
'' Verano & Galvão, 1959
* ''Triatoma deaneorum
''Triatoma'' is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of ''Triatoma'' (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliv ...
'' Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1967
* ''Triatoma delpontei
''Triatoma'' is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of ''Triatoma'' (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliv ...
'' Romaña & Abalos, 1947
* '' Triatoma dimidiata'' (Latreille, 1811) (Tc) mportant vector in parts of Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Ecuador
* ''Triatoma dispar
''Triatoma'' is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of ''Triatoma'' (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliv ...
'' Lent, 1950
* '' Triatoma garciabesi'' Carcavallo, 1967
* '' Triatoma gerstaeckeri'' (Stål, 1859)
* '' Triatoma gomeznunezi'' Martínez, Carcavallo & Jurberg, 1994
* '' Triatoma guasayana'' Wygodzinsky & Abalos, 1949
* '' Triatoma guazu'' Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979
* '' Triatoma hegneri'' Mazzotti, 1940
* '' Triatoma huehuetenanguensis'' Lima-Cordón, 2019 (Tc)
* '' Triatoma incrassata'' Usinger, 1939
* '' Triatoma indictiva'' Neiva, 1912
* ''Triatoma infestans
''Triatoma infestans'', commonly called winchuka or vinchuca in Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Chile, barbeiro in Brazil, chipo in Venezuela and also known as "kissing bug" or "barber bug" in English, is a blood-sucking bug (like virtually a ...
'' (Klug, 1834)
* '' Triatoma jatai'' Gonçalves, 2013
* '' Triatoma juazeirensis'' Costa & Felix, 2007
* '' Triatoma jurbergi'' Carcavallo, Galvão & Lent, 1998
* '' Triatoma klugi'' Carcavallo, Jurberg, Lent & Galvão, 2001
* '' Triatoma lecticularia'' (Stål, 1859)
* '' Triatoma lenti'' Sherlock & Serafim, 1967
* '' Triatoma leopoldi'' (Schouteden, 1933)
* '' Triatoma limai'' Del Ponte, 1929
* '' Triatoma maculata'' (Erichson, 1848)
* '' Triatoma matogrossensis'' Leite & Barbosa, 1953
* '' Triatoma melanocephala'' Neiva & Pinto, 1923
* '' Triatoma mexicana'' (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848)
* '' Triatoma migrans'' Breddin, 1903
* '' Triatoma mopan'' Dorn, 2018 (Tc)
* '' Triatoma neotomae'' Neiva, 1911
* '' Triatoma nigromaculata'' (Stål, 1872)
* '' Triatoma nitida'' Usinger, 1939
* '' Triatoma oliveirai'' (Neiva, Pinto & Lent, 1939)
* '' Triatoma patagonica'' Del Ponte, 1929
* '' Triatoma peninsularis'' Usinger, 1940
* '' Triatoma petrochiae'' Pinto & Barreto, 1925
* '' Triatoma pintodiasi'' Jurberg, Cunha & Rocha, 2013
* '' Triatoma platensis'' Neiva, 1913
* '' Triatoma protracta'' (Uhler, 1894) (western conenose)
* '' Triatoma pseudomaculata'' Correa & Espínola, 1964
* '' Triatoma pugasi'' Lent, 1953
* '' Triatoma recurva'' (Stål, 1868)
* '' Triatoma rubida'' (Uhler, 1894)
* '' Triatoma rubrofasciata'' (De Geer, 1773)
* '' Triatoma rubrovaria'' (Blanchard, 1843)
* '' Triatoma ryckmani'' Zeledón & Ponce, 1972
* '' Triatoma sanguisuga'' (Leconte, 1856) (eastern blood-sucking conenose)
* '' Triatoma sherlocki'' Papa, Jurberg, Carcavallo, Cerqueira & Barata, 2002
* '' Triatoma sinaloensis'' Ryckman, 1962
* '' Triatoma sinica'' Hsiao, 1965
* '' Triatoma sordida'' (Stal, 1859)
* '' Triatoma tibiamaculata'' (Pinto, 1926)
* '' Triatoma vandae'' Carcavallo, Jurberg, Rocha, Galvão, Noireau & Lent, 2002
* '' Triatoma venosa'' (Stal, 1872)
* '' Triatoma vitticeps'' (Stål, 1859)
* '' Triatoma williami'' Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1965
* '' Triatoma wygodzinskyi'' Lent, 1951
Fossil taxa:
* †'' Triatoma dominicana'' Poinar, 2005
References
External links
Information on ''Triatoma infestans'' and other members of Triatominae
by Andreas Rose
ECLAT
European Community Latin American Network for Research on the Biology and Control of Triatominae * more external links see:
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 Amer ...
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Reduviidae
Insect vectors of human pathogens
Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau