Due to its public health importance, as vectors of Chagas disease, the subfamily
Triatominae, has received the attention of taxonomists. Knowing how to correctly identify …

Morphological studies applied to the taxonomy of the Triatominae cover various structures
(head, wing, thorax, genitalia, and eggs). Exochorial structures of hybrid eggs were …

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 …

Abstract Background The tribe Rhodniini is a monophyletic group composed of 24 species
grouped into two genera: Rhodnius and Psammolestes. The genus Psammolestes includes …

The first record of Triatoma lecticularia out of its reported distribution area together with the
brief description of the said area is provided in this paper. In addition, some biological …

The Triatoma phyllosoma species group includes 17 species of kissing bugs, most of them
implicated in the transmission of Chagas disease in the Americas. The species of this group …

Chagas disease is one of the most important vector-borne diseases in Latin America.
Studying the biological parameters of each vector species or subspecies contributes to our …

Triatoma bassolsae, T. longipennis, T. mazzottii, T. pallidipennis, T. phyllosoma and T.
picturata are species that have great epidemiological importance in the transmission of …

Meccus longipennis (Usinger), along with the other five species of the genus Meccus, is
considered responsible for 74% of vector transmissions of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas …

Introducción. Los híbridos de especies y subespecies de triatominos mexicanos exhiben
características biológicas y de comportamiento sobresalientes comparadas con las de sus …