Hematophagous insects of the subfamily Triatominae include several species with a large
variety of shapes, behavior and distribution. They have great epidemiological importance …

Abstract Triatomine bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) are the vectors of Chagas
disease in South and Central America. Chagas disease predominantly affects poor rural …

Abstract Triatoma bahiensis Sherlock & Serafim, 1967, T. lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967,
and T. pessoai Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 were described based on material collected in the …

Hemipteran chromosomes are holocentric and show regular, special behavior at meiosis.
While the autosomes pair at pachytene, have synaptonemal complexes (SCs) and …

Certain members of the grasshopper genus Vandiemenella (earlier referred to as the viatica
group) form a group of chromosomally distinct taxa with contiguous distributions through …

Some species of Rhodnius prove difficult to separate on overt morphological characters.
leading to difficulties in determining the current distribution of several of the most …

Chromosomes of six European species (one with two subspecies) of Orthoptera belonging
to the tribes Ephippigerini and Bradyporini were analyzed using C-banding, Ag-NOR, DAPI …

Species of Pentatomidae are cytogenetically characterized by the presence of holokinetic
chromosomes, a preYreductional type of meiosis, and a great constancy not only in …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is widely used to clarify phylogenetic relationships among and
within species, and to determine population structure. Due to the linked nature of mtDNA …

Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis affects six to seven million people worldwide,
mostly in Latin America. This disease is transmitted by hematophagous insects known as …