''Triatoma'' is a

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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 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 ...

. 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 with

Trypanosoma 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 of ...

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Triatoma amicitiae ''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 sali ...

'' 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 ''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 saliva ...

'' Carcavallo, Martínez & Pelaez, 1984 * ''

Triatoma boliviana ''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 saliva ...

'' Avendaño, 2007 * ''

Triatoma bouvieri ''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 saliva ...

'' Larrousse, 1924 * ''

Triatoma brailovskyi ''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 saliva ...

'' Martínez, Carcavallo & Pelaez, 1984 * ''

Triatoma brasiliensis ''Triatoma brasiliensis'' is now considered the most important Chagas disease vector in the semiarid areas of northeastern Brazil. ''T. brasiliensis'' occurs in 12 Brazilian states, including Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, and Pa ...

'' Neiva, 1911 * ''

Triatoma breyeri ''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 saliva ...

'' Del Ponte, 1929, possible synonym of ''

Mepraia breyeri ''Mepraia'' is a genus in the subfamily Triatominae, 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 mostl ...

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Triatoma carcavalloi ''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 ...

'' Jurberg, Rocha & Lent, 1998 * ''

Triatoma carrioni ''Triatoma carrioni'' is a blood-sucking bug and probable vector of the flagellate protozoan that causes Chagas disease. It was discovered by F. Larrousse in 1926. Type: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. ...

'' Larrousse, 1926 * ''

Triatoma cavernicola ''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 ...

'' 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 ''Triatoma dimidiata'' is a blood-sucking insect whose range extends from northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru), throughout all the countries of Central America and into Southern Mexico. It is among the most important ca ...

'' (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 ''Triatoma'' is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of ''Triatoma'' (like all members of Triatominae) are Hemiptera, blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Th ...

'' Carcavallo, 1967 * ''

Triatoma gerstaeckeri ''Triatoma gerstaeckeri'' is an assassin bug in the genus ''Triatoma'' (kissing bugs). It is an important vector of ''Trypanosoma cruzi'', the causative agent of Chagas disease.Kjos, Sonia A., Paula L. Marcet, and Ellen M. Dotson. "Identificati ...

'' (Stål, 1859) * '' Triatoma gomeznunezi'' Martínez, Carcavallo & Jurberg, 1994 * ''

Triatoma guasayana ''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 saliva ...

'' Wygodzinsky & Abalos, 1949 * ''

Triatoma guazu ''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 saliva ...

'' Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979 * ''

Triatoma hegneri ''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 sali ...

'' Mazzotti, 1940 * ''

Triatoma huehuetenanguensis ''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 saliva ...

'' 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 ''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 saliva ...

'' Gonçalves, 2013 * ''

Triatoma juazeirensis ''Triatoma juazeirensis'' is an assassin bug, a Chagas disease vector which occurs in the State of Bahia, Brazil. It is found in natural and artificial environments infesting mainly the peridomiciliary areas but it may also colonize the intradomi ...

'' Costa & Felix, 2007 * '' Triatoma jurbergi'' Carcavallo, Galvão & Lent, 1998 * ''

Triatoma klugi ''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 saliva ...

'' Carcavallo, Jurberg, Lent & Galvão, 2001 * '' Triatoma lecticularia'' (Stål, 1859) * '' Triatoma lenti'' Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 * ''

Triatoma leopoldi ''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 saliva ...

'' (Schouteden, 1933) * ''

Triatoma limai ''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 saliva ...

'' Del Ponte, 1929 * ''

Triatoma maculata ''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 saliva ...

'' (Erichson, 1848) * '' Triatoma matogrossensis'' Leite & Barbosa, 1953 * ''

Triatoma melanocephala ''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 sali ...

'' Neiva & Pinto, 1923 * '' Triatoma mexicana'' (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848) * '' Triatoma migrans'' Breddin, 1903 * ''

Triatoma mopan ''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 saliva ...

'' Dorn, 2018 (Tc) * '' Triatoma neotomae'' Neiva, 1911 * '' Triatoma nigromaculata'' (Stål, 1872) * ''

Triatoma nitida ''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 saliva ...

'' Usinger, 1939 * ''

Triatoma oliveirai ''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 sali ...

'' (Neiva, Pinto & Lent, 1939) * ''

Triatoma patagonica ''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 saliva ...

'' Del Ponte, 1929 * '' Triatoma peninsularis'' Usinger, 1940 * '' Triatoma petrochiae'' Pinto & Barreto, 1925 * ''

Triatoma pintodiasi ''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 sali ...

'' Jurberg, Cunha & Rocha, 2013 * ''

Triatoma platensis ''Triatoma platensis'' is a species of assassin bug in the family Reduviidae 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 terrestri ...

'' Neiva, 1913 * ''

Triatoma protracta ''Triatoma protracta'' is a species of bugs in the family Reduviidae. It is known commonly as the western bloodsucking conenose.

'' (Uhler, 1894) (western conenose) * ''

Triatoma pseudomaculata ''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 saliva ...

'' Correa & Espínola, 1964 * '' Triatoma pugasi'' Lent, 1953 * '' Triatoma recurva'' (Stål, 1868) * '' Triatoma rubida'' (Uhler, 1894) * ''

Triatoma rubrofasciata ''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 sali ...

'' (De Geer, 1773) * '' Triatoma rubrovaria'' (Blanchard, 1843) * '' Triatoma ryckmani'' Zeledón & Ponce, 1972 * ''

Triatoma sanguisuga ''Triatoma sanguisuga'', also known as the Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose or the Mexican Bed Bug, is an insect of the Triatominae subfamily, known as kissing bugs. It is found throughout North America and Latin America, and is common in the Sou ...

'' (Leconte, 1856) (eastern blood-sucking conenose) * ''

Triatoma sherlocki ''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 saliva ...

'' Papa, Jurberg, Carcavallo, Cerqueira & Barata, 2002 * ''

Triatoma sinaloensis ''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 saliva ...

'' Ryckman, 1962 * ''

Triatoma sinica ''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 saliva ...

'' Hsiao, 1965 * ''

Triatoma sordida ''Triatoma sordida'' is an assassin bug (Family Reduviidae) within the genus ''Triatoma''. This species consists of three subspecies. Also referred to as kissing bugs, ''T.'' ''sordida'' are most well known for their role as a secondary vector o ...

'' (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 ''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 sali ...

'' Lent, 1951 Fossil taxa: * †''

Triatoma dominicana ''Triatoma dominicana'' is an extinct species of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae, the kissing bugs known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola. The species is known from a single 5th ...

'' 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 {{Taxonbar, from=Q1889325 Reduviidae Insect vectors of human pathogens Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau