A review of the taxonomy and biology of Triatominae subspecies (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

VF de Paiva, T Belintani, J de Oliveira, C Galvão… - Parasitology …, 2022 - Springer
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 disparity trends in Devonian trilobites from North Africa

V Bault, C Crônier, C Monnet - Palaeontology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Devonian was a time of drastic environmental change that shaped the morphology of
trilobites. This study aims to investigate their morphological evolution and to show the …

Effect of fruit host on wing morphology in Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A first view using geometric morphometrics

I Pajač Živković, D Lemic, A Mešić, B Barić… - Entomological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The invasive alien fruit pest Drosophila suzukii,(Matsumura 1931) causes economic loss in
soft‐skinned fruit production across Europe. After its first detection in 2008, the species has …

Morphology, life cycle, environmental factors and fitness–a machine learning analysis in kissing bugs (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

JE Rabinovich - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Populations are permanently evolving and their evolution will influence their survival and
reproduction, which will then alter demographic parameters. Several phenotypic, life history …

[HTML][HTML] Body shape and fluctuating asymmetry following different feeding sources and feeding time in a triatomine, Triatoma pallidipennis (Stål, 1892)

AE Gutierrez-Cabrera, RB Montaño, L Gonzalez… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Even when an animal has a generalist diet, different food sources can impact its body shape
and fluctuating asymmetry (a stress indicator; FA). To test this, we varied the food source …

Traditional and Geometric Morphometry Analyses of Lutzomyia cruciata (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Populations of Chiapas, Mexico

OF Mikery, EA Rebollar-Téllez… - Journal of Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The presence of Lutzomyia (Tricholateralis) cruciata (Coquillett 1907) species
complex has been suggested by morphological analysis of eggs and genetic studies of …

Unraveling the Morphological Variation of Triatoma infestans in the Peridomestic Habitats of Chuquisaca Bolivia: A Geometric Morphometric Approach

C Vilaseca, MA Méndez, CF Pinto, D Lemic… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Triatoma infestans is the main vector of the Chagas disease transmission
and has been for years one of the main sanitary problems in Bolivia, particularly for the …

Morphological Stasis in Time? A Triatoma brasiliensis brasiliensis Study Using Geometric Morphometrics in the Long Run

L Paschoaletto, C Dale, V Lima-Neiva… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Triatomines are vector insects capable of transmitting the protozoan that
causes Chagas disease, thus representing a health risk in several countries, especially in …

Molecular identification and morphological variations of Dermacentor albipictus collected from two deer species in northern Mexico

S Montiel-Armendáriz, C Verdugo… - … and Applied Acarology, 2021 - Springer
In total, 57 ticks were collected from six white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and three
mule deer (O. hemionus) in northern Mexico during the 2017, 2018 and 2019 hunting …

Head shape variation in cerambycid saproxylic beetles as a function of host plant selection

SM Ospina-Garcés, JA Hernández-Cardenas… - Arthropod Structure & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Saproxylic insects depend on deadwood for larval development, and a certain degree of
specialization may be involved in their choice of host plants and/or wood in a particular …