In this chapter, we review and update current knowledge about the evolution, systematics,
and biogeography of the Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)—true bugs that feed …

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 …

Os triatomíneos são insetos hematófagos de grande importância médica, pois são os
responsáveis pela transmissão do Trypanosoma cruzi, o agente etiológico da doença de …

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

Chagas disease persists as one of the most important, and yet most neglected, diseases in
the world, and several changes in its epidemiological aspects have been recorded since its …

A colony was formed from eggs of a Rhodnius sp. female collected in Taquarussu, Mato
Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and its specimens were used to describe R. taquarussuensis sp. n …

Background Landmark based geometric morphometrics (GM) allows the quantitative
comparison of organismal shapes. When applied to systematics, it is able to score shape …

The aetiological agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, is a key human pathogen
afflicting most populations of Latin America. This vectorborne parasite is transmitted by …

The members of the subfamily Triatominae are true bugs specialized in blood-sucking. All
species are potential vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909), the causative agent of …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the phenotype, which is the product of the
interaction between genes and environment, as a set of metric properties and their …