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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Kissing Bugs (Triatominae) » Bloodsucking Conenoses (Triatoma) » Triatoma recurva

Species Triatoma recurva

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)
Subfamily Triatominae (Kissing Bugs)
Genus Triatoma (Bloodsucking Conenoses)
Species recurva (Triatoma recurva)
Explanation of Names
Triatoma recurva (Stål 1868)
Size
the largest of our spp., avg. 29 mm(1)
Range
AZ, w. TX / w. Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Internet References
Species page (CDC)
Works Cited
1.Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas' Disease in the United States
Bern C., Kjos S., Yabsley M., Montgomery S.P. 2011. Clin. microbiol. rev. 24: 655-681.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 9 November, 2008 - 4:45pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 24 October, 2022 - 12:21pm

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