''Microtriatoma'' is a genus of bugs that belongs to the subfamily
Triatominae
The members of the Triatominae , a subfamily of the Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs (so-called from their habit of feeding from around the mouths of people), or vampire bugs. Other local names for them used in The Ameri ...
.
[Lent, Hernan; Wygodzinsky, Pablo W. (1979). ]
Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease
�. ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' 163: 1-520. Consultado el 2 de abril de 2023.
Species
This genus has two known
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
:
*''M. borbai''
(Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979 (Tc))
*''M. trinidadensis''
(Lent, 1951)
(Tc) means associated with ''
Trypanosoma cruzi
''Trypanosoma cruzi'' is a species of parasitic euglenoids. Among the protozoa, the trypanosomes characteristically bore tissue in another organism and feed on blood (primarily) and also lymph. This behaviour causes disease or the likelihood of ...
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References
Reduviidae
Cimicomorpha genera
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