Parabelminus Explained

Parabelminus is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Triatominae. The species of this genus could be found in Brazil, specially in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.^[1] It is a vector of Chagas disease.^[2]

Species

This genus has two known species:

• P. carioca Lent, 1943 (Tc)
• P. yurupucu Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979

----(Tc) means associated with Trypanosoma cruzi

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Kieran . Troy J. . Gordon . Eric R.L. . Zaldívar‐Riverón . Alejandro . Ibarra‐Cerdeña . Carlos N. . Glenn . Travis C. . Weirauch . Christiane . July 2021 . Ultraconserved elements reconstruct the evolution of Chagas disease‐vectoring kissing bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae) . Systematic Entomology . en . 46 . 3 . 725–740 . 10.1111/syen.12485 . 234840061 . 0307-6970.