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| Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 163, article 3 |
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| Title: | Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 163, article 3 |
| Other Titles: | Triatominae |
| Authors: | Lent, Herman. Wygodzinsky, Pedro W. |
| Issue Date: | 1979 |
| Publisher: | New York : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 163, article 3 |
| Abstract: | "The reduviid subfamily Triatominae contains numerous species which are actual or potential vectors of Chagas' disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. All Triatominae require bloodmeals for their complete development. Most species feed on small terrestrial or arboreal mammals, especially didelphids, edentates, and rodents; others are associated with bats, and some are found with birds. Several triatomines have colonized human habitations, where they transmit Chagas' disease to man and his domestic animals. The epidemiologically most important species are the wide-ranging Triatoma infestans, T. dimidiata, and Rhodnius prolixus. The following are also active vectors of Chagas' disease, although more localized: Triatoma barberi, brasiliensis, carrioni, guasayana, maculata, patagonica, pallidipennis, phyllosoma, pseudomaculata, rubrofasciata, sordida, and rubida, Panstrongylus chinai, megistus, and rufotuberculatus, Rhodnius ecuadoriensis, and pallescens. A survey of the external structures ... |
| Description: | p. 125-520 : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-515) and index. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1282 |
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