Description of Triatoma mopan sp. n. from a cave in Belize (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

Abstract

In this paper, Triatoma mopan sp. n. is described based on five males and six females collected in the Rio Frio cave, Cayo District, Belize. This species is similar to Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille), but can be distinguished by characters found on the pronotum, legs, and abdomen. Geometric morphometry and phylogenetic comparisons are also provided. Presently, the species is known only from the type locality and is a potential Chagas vector.

New records of Mepraia (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Chile

“…There are 79,000 species in the order Hemiptera (Stork ) and 7,000 species within the family Reduviidae (Weirauch et al ). Its subfamily Triatominae has 154 species (Rosa et al , Oliveira et al , Dorn et al , Poinar ), including three fossil species (Poinar , Poinar , Poinar ). The 151 remaining species encompass wild, domiciliary, and peri‐domiciliary triatomine bugs that are all capable of transmitting Trypanosoma cruzi to humans and 150 species belonging to 24 families of domestic or wild animals.…”

“…The 151 remaining species encompass wild, domiciliary, and peri‐domiciliary triatomine bugs that are all capable of transmitting Trypanosoma cruzi to humans and 150 species belonging to 24 families of domestic or wild animals. Thus, these 150 vertebrate and 151 triatomine species sustain the cycle of the etiologic agent of Chagas’ disease (Rosa et al , Oliveira et al , Dorn et al ). Trypanosoma rangeli is another protozoan that can be transmitted by triatomines of the genus Rhodnius (Guhl and Vallejo ), as well as Blasthocrithidia which is a monoxenic protozoan that has been described as parasitizing Triatoma infestans (Cerisola et al ).…”

“…The 154 species of the Triatominae subfamily are distributed in 19 genera, including Panstrongylus, Rhodnius , and Triatoma , which harbor the most important species transmitting T. cruzi to humans (Rosa et al , Oliveira et al , Dorn et al , Poinar ). Nevertheless, the genus Mepraia, comprising M. gajardoi, M. parapatrica, and M. spinolai , has a particular relevance as all these species have only been observed in Chile (Porter , Frias et al , Frias ).…”

Cytotaxonomy of Dipetalogaster maxima Uhler, 1894 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

“…The Triatominae subfamily consists of 153 species distributed in 19 genera and five tribes (Galvão, 2014;Oliveira and Alevi, 2017;Dorn et al, 2018;Oliveira et al, 2018), being all species considered as potential insect vector of Chagas disease. The Triatomini tribe is one of the most important from an epidemiological point of view and brings together ten genera of triatomines (Galvão, 2014).…”

Genetic Structure of Brazilian Populations of Triatoma sordida (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera, Triatominae) by Means of Chromosomal Markers

“…1 Presently, there are 154 species of triatomines, distributed in 18 genera and five tribes, being all species considered as potential vector of Chagas disease. [2][3][4] In Brazil, there are 68 species distributed throughout the country's 27 states, and 64% of them are endemic species. [5][6][7][8] Triatoma infestans (Klug, 1834), Triatoma brasiliensis (Neiva, 1911), Triatoma pseudomaculata (Corrêa and Espínola, 1964), Triatoma sordida (Stål, 1859), and Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister, 1835) are the main species of triatomines related to the domestic transmission of Chagas disease.…”