Evolution, systematics, and biogeography of the Triatominae, vectors of Chagas disease

FA Monteiro, C Weirauch, M Felix, C Lazoski… - Advances in …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this chapter, we review and update current knowledge about the evolution, systematics,
and biogeography of the Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)—true bugs that feed …

The evolutionary origin of diversity in Chagas disease vectors

SA Justi, C Galvão - Trends in parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
Chagas disease is amongst the ten most important neglected tropical diseases but
knowledge on the diversification of its vectors, Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), is very …

Fossil calibrations for the arthropod Tree of Life

JM Wolfe, AC Daley, DA Legg, GD Edgecombe - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Fossil age data and molecular sequences are increasingly combined to establish a
timescale for the Tree of Life. Arthropods, as the most species-rich and morphologically …

An ecological framework for modeling the geography of disease transmission

EE Johnson, LE Escobar… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
Ecological niche modeling (ENM) is widely employed in ecology to predict species' potential
geographic distributions in relation to their environmental constraints and is rapidly …

[HTML][HTML] Atlas of Mexican Triatominae (Reduviidae: Hemiptera) and vector transmission of Chagas disease

JM Ramsey, AT Peterson… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Chagas disease is one of the most important yet neglected parasitic diseases in Mexico and
is transmitted by Triatominae. Nineteen of the 31 Mexican triatomine species have been …

Geological changes of the Americas and their influence on the diversification of the Neotropical kissing bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

SA Justi, C Galvao, CG Schrago - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background The family Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), or assassin bugs, is among
the most diverse families of the true bugs, with more than 6,000 species. The subfamily …

Modelling the climatic suitability of Chagas disease vectors on a global scale

FE Eberhard, S Cunze, J Kochmann, S Klimpel - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The Triatominae are vectors for Trypanosoma cruzi, the aetiological agent of the neglected
tropical Chagas disease. Their distribution stretches across Latin America, with some …

Ultraconserved elements reconstruct the evolution of Chagas disease‐vectoring kissing bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae)

TJ Kieran, ERL Gordon… - Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Triatominae are the largest radiation of haematophagous species within the true bugs
(Hemiptera) and the sole vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, the causative agent of …

Taxonomy

C Galvão - Triatominae-The Biology of Chagas Disease Vectors, 2021 - Springer
The members of the subfamily Triatominae are true bugs specialized in blood-sucking. All
species are potential vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909), the causative agent of …

Potential impact of climate change on the geographical distribution of two wild vectors of Chagas disease in Chile: Mepraia spinolai and Mepraia gajardoi

R Garrido, A Bacigalupo, F Peña-Gómez… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Mepraia gajardoi and Mepraia spinolai are endemic triatomine vector
species of Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite that causes Chagas disease. These vectors …