Formal Assignation of the Kissing Bug Triatoma lecticularia (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) to the Genus Paratriatoma

The subfamily Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) comprises hematophagous insects that are vectors of Chagas disease; including species assigned to the genera and . Initial examination of revealed the hirsuteness covering the entire body-a characteristic and striking feature of members of the genus...

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Published in:Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2021-06, Vol.12 (6), p.538
Main Authors: de Paiva, Vinicius Fernandes, Oliveira, Jader de, Galvão, Cleber, Justi, Silvia Andrade, Landa, José Manuel Ayala, Rosa, João Aristeu da
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Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Chagas disease
Color
Communication
Cytogenetics
Epidemiology
Genera
Hemiptera
Heteroptera
Insects
Lectotypes
Males
Morphology
Museums
North America
Paratriatoma
Phylogeny
Reduviidae
Taxonomic revision
taxonomy
Triatoma
Triatoma lecticularia
Triatominae
Triatomini
Vector-borne diseases
Vectors
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Summary:The subfamily Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) comprises hematophagous insects that are vectors of Chagas disease; including species assigned to the genera and . Initial examination of revealed the hirsuteness covering the entire body-a characteristic and striking feature of members of the genus -and a systematic study revealed several other morphological characters that are in diagnostic alignment with . Based on the examination of several specimens (including the lectotype), and with the additional support of molecular and cytogenetic data, we propose the formal transferal of (Stål, 1859) into the genus with the resulting new combination: (Stål, 1859) comb. nov. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae).
ISSN:2075-4450
2075-4450
DOI:10.3390/insects12060538