[HTML][HTML] What do you need to know before studying Chagas disease? A beginner's guide

JA De Fuentes-Vicente, NG Santos-Hernández… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is one of the most important tropical infections in the world and mainly
affects poor people. The causative agent is the hemoflagellate protozoan Trypanosoma …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Rhodnius micki, a new species of Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) from Bolivia

Y Zhao, C Galvão, W Cai - ZooKeys, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rhodnius Stål, 1859 is the second largest genus of Triatominae after Triatoma Laporte,
1832, and includes several important Chagas vectors. Genitalia in Reduviidae are …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenomics for Chagas Disease Vectors of the Rhodnius Genus (Hemiptera, Triatominae): What We Learn From Mito-Nuclear Conflicts and …

J Filée, M Merle, H Bastide, F Mougel… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
We provide in this study a very large DNA dataset on Rhodnius species including 36
samples representing 16 valid species of the three Rhodnius groups, pictipes, prolixus and …

[HTML][HTML] Historical biogeography and the evolution of hematophagy in Rhodniini (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

AS De Paula, C Barreto, MCM Telmo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Rhodniini tribe is one of the five tribes in the subfamily Triatominae and is notorious for
its domestic blood-sucking pests and vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi across Latin America …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in evolution of the Rhodniini tribe (Hemiptera, Triatominae): Experimental crosses between Psammolestes tertius Lent & Jurberg, 1965 and P …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring dietary differences among developmental stages of triatomines infected with Trypanosoma cruzi in different habitats

P Urbano, C Hernández, N Ballesteros, L Vega… - International Journal for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chagas disease affects millions of people in Colombia and worldwide, with its transmission
influenced by ecological, environmental, and anthropogenic factors. There is a notable …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary patterns of the genus Psammolestes Bergroth, 1911 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

C Hernández, M Alvarado, FC Salgado-Roa… - BMC ecology and …, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Māwhitiwhiti Aotearoa: phylogeny and synonymy of the silent alpine grasshopper radiation of New Zealand (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

SA Trewick, EM Koot, M Morgan-Richards - Zootaxa, 2023 - biotaxa.org
Abstract Aotearoa New Zealand has a fauna of endemic alpine grasshoppers, consisting of
thirteen species distributed among four genera. The many re-classifications of species within …

[HTML][HTML] Climate and environmental changes and their potential effects on the dynamics of chagas disease: Hybridization in Rhodniini (Hemiptera, Triatominae)

A Ravazi, J Oliveira, FF Madeira, GM Nunes, YV Reis… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary All 155 living species of triatomines are considered to be potential vectors
of Chagas disease. Laboratory and field studies demonstrate that these insects are capable …