The complete mitogenome of Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease in
South America, was obtained by combining Illumina and Sanger sequencing sequence …

Chagas disease (CD) is a neglected illness affecting approximately seven million
individuals, with vector transmission occurring via triatomine bugs. The Rhodniini tribe …

Phylogenetic relationships of insect vectors of parasitic diseases are important for
understanding the evolution of epidemiologically relevant traits, and may be useful in vector …

The reproductive capacity between Triatoma lenti and Triatoma sherlocki was observed in
order to verify the fertility and viability of the offspring. Cytogenetic, morphological and …

The “Triatoma maculata complex” is presently formed by two epidemiologically important
species of Triatominae, Triatoma maculata and Triatoma pseudomaculata, which share …

Chagas disease, one of the most important vector-borne diseases in the Americas, is
caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted to humans by insects of the subfamily …

Background Meccus' taxonomy has been quite complex since the first species of this genus
was described by Burmeister in 1835 as Conorhinus phyllosoma. In 1859 the species was …

Triatominae, the kissing bugs, are one of the smaller subfamilies of the otherwise predatory
hemipteran family Reduviidae, the assassin bugs. Substantial progress has been made …

Background The evolutionary history of biodiversity in South America has been poorly
studied in the seasonal dry tropical forest (SDTF). Species diversification in this ecosystem …

The evolutionary history and times of divergence of triatomine bug lineages are estimated
from molecular clocks inferred from nucleotide sequences of the small subunit SSU (18S) …