Abstract Triatomines (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), commonly known as conenose
or kissing bugs, includes species of outstanding medical importance given their role as …

Abstract Although kissing bugs (Triatominae: Reduviidae) are perhaps best known as
vectors of Chagas disease, they are important experimental models in studies of insect …

Landscape interactions of Trypanosoma cruzi (Tc) with Triatoma dimidiata (Td) depend on
the presence and relative abundance of mammal hosts. This study analyzed a landscape …

The methods used to control triatomine vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of
Chagas disease, include the implementation of cultural and mechanical practices, as well as …

Highlights•Triatomines are vectors of Chagas disease in the Americas.•Monitoring and
control tools for triatomines are needed.•Several chemically baited traps are successful in …

The population genetics of Triatoma dimidiata haplogroups was analyzed at landscape and
sub-regional scales in Chiapas and regional level across the Mexican Neotropics, and …

Olfaction plays a dominant role in insect communication. Alarm pheromones, which alert
other insects of the same species of impending danger, are a major class of releaser …

Abstract Background The Triatoma phyllosoma complex of Trypanosoma cruzi vectors
(Triatominae: Reduviidae) is distributed in both Neotropical and Nearctic bioregions of …

Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille) is a species complex that spans North, Central, and South
America and which is a key vector of all known discrete ty** units (DTU) of Trypanosoma …

Triatomine bugs are insect models since the initiation of insect physiological studies, and
their role in transmitting human disease. Triatomines can inhabit arboreal ecotopes, as well …