Parabelminus

Parabelminus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Triatominae
Tribe: Bolboderini
Genus: Parabelminus
Species

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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.[1] It is a vector of Chagas disease.[2]

Species

This genus has two known species:

(Tc) means associated with Trypanosoma cruzi

References

  1. ^ Lent, Hernan; Wygodzinsky, Pablo W. (1979). «Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease». Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 163: 1-520. Consultado el 2 de abril de 2023.
  2. ^ Kieran, Troy J.; Gordon, Eric R.L.; Zaldívar‐Riverón, Alejandro; Ibarra‐Cerdeña, Carlos N.; Glenn, Travis C.; Weirauch, Christiane (July 2021). "Ultraconserved elements reconstruct the evolution of Chagas disease‐vectoring kissing bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae)". Systematic Entomology. 46 (3): 725–740. doi:10.1111/syen.12485. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 234840061.


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