Triatoma

Triatoma is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of Triatoma (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliva may also trigger allergic reactions in sensitive individuals, up to and including severe anaphylactic shock. thumb|Triatoma infestans

==Species== These are species according to reliable sources. While most species are found in the New World, a few are known from the Old World. NOTE: The designation (Tc) signifies that the species is associated with Trypanosoma cruzi. Triatoma amicitiae Lent, 1951 Triatoma arthurneivai Lent & Martins, 1940 Triatoma bahiensis Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 Triatoma baratai Carcavallo & Jurberg, 2000 Triatoma barberi Usinger, 1939 Triatoma bolivari Carcavallo, Martínez & Pelaez, 1984 Triatoma boliviana Avendaño, 2007 Triatoma bouvieri Larrousse, 1924 Triatoma brailovskyi Martínez, Carcavallo & Pelaez, 1984 Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911 Triatoma breyeri Del Ponte, 1929, possible synonym of Mepraia breyeri Triatoma carcavalloi Jurberg, Rocha & Lent, 1998 Triatoma carrioni Larrousse, 1926 Triatoma cavernicola Else & Cheong, 1977 Triatoma circummaculata (Stål, 1859) Triatoma costalimai Verano & Galvão, 1959 Triatoma deaneorum Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1967 Triatoma delpontei Romaña & Abalos, 1947 Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811) (Tc) [important vector in parts of Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Ecuador]. Triatoma dispar Lent, 1950 Triatoma garciabesi Carcavallo, 1967 Triatoma gerstaeckeri (Stål, 1859) Triatoma gomeznunezi Martínez, Carcavallo & Jurberg, 1994 Triatoma guasayana Wygodzinsky & Abalos, 1949 Triatoma guazu Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979 Triatoma hegneri Mazzotti, 1940 Triatoma huehuetenanguensis Lima-Cordón, 2019 (Tc) Triatoma incrassata Usinger, 1939 Triatoma indictiva Neiva, 1912 Triatoma infestans (Klug, 1834) Triatoma jatai Gonçalves, 2013 Triatoma juazeirensis Costa & Felix, 2007 Triatoma jurbergi Carcavallo, Galvão & Lent, 1998 Triatoma klugi Carcavallo, Jurberg, Lent & Galvão, 2001 Triatoma lecticularia (Stål, 1859) Triatoma lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 Triatoma leopoldi (Schouteden, 1933) Triatoma limai Del Ponte, 1929 Triatoma maculata (Erichson, 1848) Triatoma matogrossensis Leite & Barbosa, 1953 Triatoma melanocephala Neiva & Pinto, 1923 Triatoma mexicana (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848) Triatoma migrans Breddin, 1903 Triatoma mopan Dorn, 2018 (Tc) Triatoma neotomae Neiva, 1911 Triatoma nigromaculata (Stål, 1872) Triatoma nitida Usinger, 1939 Triatoma oliveirai (Neiva, Pinto & Lent, 1939) Triatoma pallidipennis Stål, 1872 (Tc) Triatoma patagonica Del Ponte, 1929 Triatoma peninsularis Usinger, 1940 Triatoma petrochiae Pinto & Barreto, 1925 Triatoma pintodiasi Jurberg, Cunha & Rocha, 2013 Triatoma platensis Neiva, 1913 Triatoma protracta (Uhler, 1894) (western conenose) Triatoma pseudomaculata Correa & Espínola, 1964 Triatoma pugasi Lent, 1953 Triatoma recurva (Stål, 1868) Triatoma rubida (Uhler, 1894) Triatoma rubrofasciata (De Geer, 1773) Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) Triatoma ryckmani Zeledón & Ponce, 1972 Triatoma sanguisuga (Leconte, 1856) (eastern blood-sucking conenose) Triatoma sherlocki Papa, Jurberg, Carcavallo, Cerqueira & Barata, 2002 Triatoma sinaloensis Ryckman, 1962 Triatoma sinica Hsiao, 1965 Triatoma sordida (Stal, 1859) Triatoma tibiamaculata (Pinto, 1926) Triatoma vandae Carcavallo, Jurberg, Rocha, Galvão, Noireau & Lent, 2002 Triatoma venosa (Stal, 1872) Triatoma vitticeps (Stål, 1859) Triatoma williami Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1965 Triatoma wygodzinskyi Lent, 1951