Triatominae
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The members of the Triatominae , a subfamily of the Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs (so-called from their habit of feeding from around the mouths of people), or vampire bugs. Other local names for them, used in Latin America and by Latinos generally, include barbeiros, vinchucas, pitos, chipos and chinches. Most of the 130 or more species of this subfamily feed on vertebrate blood; a very small portion of species feed on invertebrates. They are mainly found and widespread in the Americas, with a few species present in Asia and Africa. These bugs usually share shelter
Research
4,989 papers- Triatominae-Trypanosoma cruzi/T. rangeli: Vector-parasite interactions.Acta tropica · 2009
- Triatominae as a model of morphological plasticity under ecological pressure.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 1999
- Genital morphology and copulatory behavior in triatomine bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae).Arthropod structure & development · 2019
- The Influence of Environmental Cues on the Development of Trypanosoma cruzi in Triatominae Vector.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020
- History of insecticide resistance of Triatominae vectors.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2015
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- History
- Discovery of link to Chagas disease
- Biological aspects
- Life cycle
- Ecology
- Behavior
- Epidemiology
- Controlling triatomine infestations
- Insecticide treatment
- Tribes, genera, and numbers of described species
- Most important vectors
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The members of the Triatominae , a subfamily of the Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs (so-called from their habit of feeding from around the mouths of people), or vampire bugs. Other local names for them, used in Latin America and by Latinos generally, include barbeiros, vinchucas, pitos, chipos and chinches. Most of the 130 or more species of this subfamily feed on vertebrate blood; a very small portion of species feed on invertebrates. They are mainly found and widespread in the Americas, with a few species present in Asia and Africa. These bugs usually share shelter with nesting vertebrates, from which they suck blood. In areas where Chagas disease occurs (from the southern United States to northern Argentina), all triatomine species are potential vectors of the Chagas disease parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, but only those species that are well adapted to living with humans (such as Triatoma infestans and Rhodnius prolixus) are considered important vectors. Also, proteins released from their bites have been known to induce anaphylaxis in sensitive and sensitized individuals.
==History==