It is often challenging to identify mosquito vectors in the field based on morphological
features due to their similar morphologies and difficulties in obtaining undamaged samples …

Purpose: Spodoptera frugiperda is a recently introduced alien invasive pest in Sri Lanka
which can be a threat to many crops including maize, paddy, sugarcane, green gram …

Copro-microscopic diagnostic methods are the most common approach for screening
patients with parasitic infections. However, expertise is required to identify helminthic eggs …

The study of geometric morphometry has an impact on Triatominae studies. Currently,
several taxonomic and systematic studies use this approach. The Triatominae subfamily …

Background Considering the practicality of geometric morphometrics which could
discriminate insect species, this application was extended to the analysis of blow fly larval …

Simple Summary Several members of the Cimicidae family are ectoparasites of vertebrates.
Some of these are economically and medically important, eg, the bed bugs, which are a …

Background Chagas disease is a parasitic infection transmitted by “kissing bugs”(Hemiptera:
Reduviidae: Triatominae) that has a huge economic impact in Latin American countries. The …

The eggs of three Amazonian species of the genus Mansonia (Diptera: Culicidae) were
analyzed using morphological and morphometric characters. Eggs of Mansonia humeralis …

Triatoma costalimai and Triatoma jatai are related species, which occur in sympatry in
Paranã, Tocantins, Brazil, in rocky outcrops and in peridomicile and intradomicile …

Background Eggs have epidemiological and taxonomic importance in the subfamily
Triatominae, which contains Chagas disease vectors. The metric properties (size and …