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    The members of the Triatominae /traɪ.əˈtɒmɪniː/, a subfamily of the Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs (so-called from their habit...
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    non-predatory Reduviidae are some blood-sucking ectoparasites in the subfamily Triatominae, with a few species from South America noted for their ability to transmit...
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    of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of Triatoma (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can...
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    a blood-sucking bug (like virtually all the members of its subfamily Triatominae) and the most important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi which can lead to...
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    Triatominae (the kissing bugs). It is the only genus of Triatomines restricted to the Old World within the mostly Neotropical subfamily Triatominae (a...
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    Triatoma dominicana is an extinct species of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae, the kissing bugs known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican...
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    metaxytaxa is a species of fossil insect belonging to the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs) of the family Reduviidae. Living kissing bugs are blood-sucking...
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    Rhodnius is a genus of assassin bugs in the subfamily Triatominae (the kissing bugs), and is an important vector in the spread of Chagas disease. The...
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  • Parabelminus is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Triatominae. The species of this genus could be found in Brazil, specially in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia...
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    also known as the eastern bloodsucking conenose, is an insect of the Triatominae subfamily, known as kissing bugs. It was first described by John Lawrence...
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    Mepraia is a genus in the subfamily Triatominae, endemic in Chile, and vectors of Chagas disease. Source: Mepraia eratyrusiformis (Del Ponte, 1929) Mepraia...
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    family Pentatomidae. In Chile, it has been confused with kissing bugs (Triatominae), causing unjustified alarm. The average length is 16–20 millimetres...
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  • Panama and northern South America. Like other members of the subfamily Triatominae, Cavernicola species primarily feed on vertebrate blood. Like other members...
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    Relationships of the Triatoma sordida subcomplex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)". Acta Tropica. 212. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105679. hdl:11449/202057...
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  • Alberproseniini Martínez & Carcavallo, 1977 belongs to the subfamily Triatominae and only has one genus, Alberprosenia Martínez & Carcavallo, 1977, with...
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    Panstrongylus megistus is a blood-drinking insect in the subfamily Triatominae. It is found in the Guianas, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina...
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    A., et al. (2012). The biology of three Mexican-American species of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Triatoma recurva, Triatoma protracta and Triatoma...
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  • allows a triatominae, a vector of the flagellate, to take a blood meal from the patient. The doctor later inspects the gut of the triatominae for growth...
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    Chagas' disease vector in northeastern Brazil (hemiptera, reduviidae, triatominae)". Am J Trop Med Hyg. 67 (5): 516–20. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.516....
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    Poinar, G. (2005). "Triatoma dominicana sp. n. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), and Trypanosoma antiquus sp. n. (Stercoraria: Trypanosomatidae), the...
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  • Microtriatoma is a genus of bugs that belongs to the subfamily Triatominae. This genus has two known species: M. borbai (Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979 (Tc))...
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  • Dipetalogaster, a genus of Triatominae, the kissing bugs, has only a single species, Dipetalogaster maxima (often misspelled as "maximus", e.g.), which...
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  • Eratyrus is a genus of insects belonging to the assassin bug subfamily Triatominae. This genus has a wide distribution throughout central and northern South...
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  • (Hemiptera, Triatominae) en el estado brasileño de "Rio Grande do Sul"" [Finding of Triatoma platensis Neiva, 1913 (Hemiptera, Triatominae) in the Brazilian...
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    Panstrongylus is a genus of insects that belongs to the subfamily Triatominae. Its members are found from Mexico into South America. Panstrongylus chinai...
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  • stinging or biting insects such as Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps) or Triatominae (kissing bugs) may cause anaphylaxis in susceptible people. Previous...
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    Cervantesperedo, Fredy S. Mendoza-Palmero, and Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal. "The Triatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of Veracruz, Mexico: Geographic...
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  • The genus Psammolestes belongs to the subfamily Triatominae. It can be found in the nests of various birds, mainly in the family Furnariidae. 3 species:...
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    hills (300 to 1700 m above sea level). As all members of the subfamily Triatominae, T. nigromaculata is a blood-sucking bug and a potential vector of Chagas...
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    trypanosomes passed to the recipient in the feces of insects from the subfamily Triatominae (most importantly Triatoma infestans). This group includes Trypanosoma...
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