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Species Triatoma neotomae

Triatoma neotomae Neiva - Triatoma neotomae

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 neotomae (Triatoma neotomae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Triatoma neotomae Neiva, 1911

Explanation of Names

Neotoma is a genus of wood rat upon which these insects (and many other Triatoma) are known to feed.

Numbers

11 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

16-20 mm

Identification

The yellow corium with a black median spot is distinct among the United States Triatoma.

See: CDC

Range

sw TX / ne. Mex. - Map (2). Reports from CA, AZ, & NM need confirmation.

Food

Hematophagous, like all members in the subfamily. Neiva (1911) reports Neotoma micropus and N. albigula as known hosts for this insect, collected by Hubbard and H. S. Barber, respectively.

Remarks

sp. found naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (3) although this species seems to remain more sylvatic than other members of the genus.

Print References

Neiva, A. 1911. Notas de entomologia medica. Duas novas species norte americanas de hemipteros hematophagos. Brasil-Medico, 25: 421-422.

Internet References

CDC

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease H. Lent & P. Wygodzinsky. 1979. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 163: 1-520.

Contributed by v belov on 14 June, 2010 - 3:58am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, drswanny
Last updated 24 October, 2022 - 11:48am

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