Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi and transmitted mainly by members of the subfamily Triatominae. There are currently …

Chagas disease is amongst the ten most important neglected tropical diseases but
knowledge on the diversification of its vectors, Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), is very …

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

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 …

Abstract Assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae Latreille) comprise not only one of the
largest radiations of predatory animals (22 subfamilies;> 6,800 spp.) but also include the …

Triatomine bugs, the vectors of Chagas disease, feed primarily on vertebrate blood and live
in close association with their hosts. Here we provide an updated synthesis of current …

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 …

Triatominae are the largest radiation of haematophagous species within the true bugs
(Hemiptera) and the sole vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, the causative agent of …

The use of subtle features as species diagnostic traits in taxa with high morphological
similarity sometimes fails in discriminating intraspecific variation from interspecific …

The present study describes a primitive kissing bug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in
mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. The fossil, which is described as …