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 …

Simple Summary We present a morphological and morphometric study with T. garciabesi, T.
guasayana, T. patagonica, and T. sordida sensu stricto species within the Triatoma genus …

Triatoma brasiliensis melanica Neiva and Lent is elevated to species status based on
comparison of its morphology, biology, ecology, crossing experiments, allozymes, and …

Triatoma carcavalloi is considered a rare Chagas disease vector often collected inside
domiciles in Rio Grande do Sul State. In this Brazilian state, T. carcavalloi has been …

Abstract Background The Triatomini and Rhodniini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) tribes include
the most diverse Chagas disease vectors; however, the phylogenetic relationships within the …

Triatoma brasiliensis macromelasoma is revalidated based on the results of previous
multidisciplinary studies on the Triatoma brasiliensis complex, consisting of crossing …

The Neotropical Chagas' disease vectors are classified as members of the reduviid
subfamily Triatominae. However, this classification has been suggested to be incorrect, and …

In this paper, Triatoma mopan sp. n. is described based on five males and six females
collected in the Rio Frio cave, Cayo District, Belize. This species is similar to Triatoma …

Chagas disease, whose etiological agent is the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, affects
millions of people worldwide and it is mainly transmitted by infected triatomine feces …

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 …