Rhodnius Explained

Rhodnius is a genus of assassin bugs in the subfamily Triatominae (the kissing bugs),^[1] and is an important vector in the spread of Chagas disease.^[2] The Rhodnius species were important models for Sir Vincent Wigglesworth's studies of insect physiology, specifically growth and development.^[3]

Species

• Rhodnius amazonicus Almeida, Santos & Sposina, 1973
• Rhodnius brethesi Matta, 1919 (Tc)
• Rhodnius colombiensis Moreno Mejía, Galvão & Jurberg, 1999^[4]
• Rhodnius dalessandroi Carcavallo & Barreto, 1976
• Rhodnius domesticus Neiva & Pinto, 1923 (Tc)
• Rhodnius ecuadoriensis Lent & León, 1958 (Tc)
• Rhodnius milesi Carcavallo, Rocha, Galvão, Jurberg, 2001^[5]
• Rhodnius nasutus Stål, 1859 (Tc)
• Rhodnius neglectus Lent, 1954 (Tc)
• Rhodnius neivai Lent, 1953
• Rhodnius pallescens Barber, 1932 (Tc) (principal vector in Panama).
• Rhodnius paraensis Sherlock, Guitton & Miles, 1977 (Tc)
• Rhodnius pictipes Stål, 1872 (Tc)
• Rhodnius prolixus Stål, 1859 (Tc) (principal vector in Colombia and Venezuela, and in Guatemala, Honduras and some parts of Nicaragua and El Salvador).
• Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 (Tc)
• Rhodnius stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão, 1993 (Tc)

Species marked with (Tc) are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi

External links

• Summary of Rhodnius species from metapathogen.com

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Ribes, Eva . Goula, Marta . JeremÍas, Xavier . amp . 2008. Assassin Bugs, Kissing Bugs and Others (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Encyclopedia of Entomology. 1. Capinera, John L.. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht. 311 - 319. 978-1-4020-6242-1. 10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_10368. etal.
2. Lent, Herman . Wygodzinsky, Pedro . amp . 1979. Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. Revisión de los Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) y su significado como vectores del mal de Chagas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 163. 123 - 520. 2246/1282 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120919041034/http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/1282//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/bul/B163a03.pdf?sequence=1. 19 September 2012. live.
3. Book: Sadava, David E. . Heller, H. Craig . Orians, Gordon H. . Purves, William K. . amp . 2008. Chapter 41: Animal Hormones. Life: The Science of Biology. eighth. Sunderland, Massachusetts. Sinauer Associates (Macmillan). 874 - 895, page 876. 978-0-7167-7671-0.
4. Mejia, J. M. . Galvão, C. . Jurberg, J. . amp . 1999. Rhodnius colombiensis sp. n. da Colômbia, com quadros comparativos entre estruturas fálicas do gênero Rhodnius Stål, 1859 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae). Spanish. Entomologia y Vectores. 6. 601 - 617.
5. Valente, V. C. . Valente, S. A. S. . Carcavallo, R. U. . Rocha, D. S. . Galvão, C. . Jurberg, J. . amp . 2001. Considerações sobre uma nova espécie do gênero Rhodnius Stål, do estado do Pará, Brasil (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae). Spanish. Entomologia y Vectores. 8. 1. 65 - 80.