Drivers of molecular and morphometric variation in Triatoma brasiliensis (Hemiptera: Triatominae): the resolution of geometric morphometrics for populational …

EH Kamimura, MC Viana, M Lilioso, FHM Fontes… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi circulates in semiarid areas of
northeastern Brazil in distinct ecotopes (sylvatic, peridomestic and domestic) where …

Revisiting the hybridization processes in the Triatoma brasiliensis complex (Hemiptera, Triatominae): Interspecific genomic compatibility point to a possible recent …

H Pinotti, J de Oliveira, A Ravazi, FF Madeira… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Triatomines are hematophagous insects of great epidemiological importance, since they are
vectors of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease …

Eco-epidemiology of vectorial Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in a region of northeast Brazil

F Santos, JT Magalhaes-Junior, I de Oliveira Carneiro… - Acta Tropica, 2022 - Elsevier
Chagas disease (CD) is a parasitic zoonosis endemic in Brazil. Despite virtual control of
Triatoma infestans, the main domesticated vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, vectorial …

Phenotypic variability in traits related to flight dispersal in the wing dimorphic species Triatoma guasayana

GV Gigena, CS Rodríguez, FG Fiad, ML Hernández… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Triatoma guasayana is considered an emerging vector of Chagas disease in
the Southern Cone of South America. The presence of a triatomine population with …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple mitochondrial genes of some sylvatic Brazilian Triatoma: non-monophyly of the T. brasiliensis subcomplex and the need for a generic revision in the …

S Gardim, CE Almeida, DM Takiya, J Oliveira… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Multiple fragments of mitochondrial DNA genes (cytochrome b, cytochrome oxidase I, and
16S rDNA) were used to evaluate the phylogenetic relationships among Triatoma …

[HTML][HTML] An updated and illustrated dichotomous key for the Chagas disease vectors of Triatomabrasiliensis species complex and their epidemiologic importance

C Dale, CE Almeida, J Oliveira, C Galvão, J Costa - Zookeys, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract In the subfamily Triatominae, Triatoma exhibits the largest number of species, which
are arranged in complexes. For the T. brasiliensis species complex, recent investigations …

Signs of urban evolution? Morpho-functional traits co-variation along a nature-urban gradient in a Chagas disease vector

AC Montes de Oca-Aguilar… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Environmental change (ie, urbanization) impacts species in contrasting ways, with some
species experiencing benefits given their way of life (ie, blood-sucking insects). How these …

[HTML][HTML] Cytogenetic and morphologic approaches of hybrids from experimental crosses between Triatoma lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 and T. sherlocki Papa et al …

VJ Mendonça, KCC Alevi… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Trends in evolution of the Rhodniini tribe (Hemiptera, Triatominae): experimental crosses between Psammolestes tertius Lent & Jurberg, 1965 and P. coreodes …

A Ravazi, J de Oliveira, FF Campos, FF Madeira… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The tribe Rhodniini is a monophyletic group composed of 24 species
grouped into two genera: Rhodnius and Psammolestes. The genus Psammolestes includes …

Phenotypic variability confirmed by nuclear ribosomal DNA suggests a possible natural hybrid zone of Triatoma brasiliensis species complex

J Costa, MD Bargues, VL Neiva, GG Lawrence… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Triatoma brasiliensis macromelasoma occurs in Pernambuco state, Brazil, which is situated
between the distribution areas of Triatoma brasiliensis brasiliensis (north) and Triatoma …