Triatoma carrioni explained

Triatoma carrioni is a blood-sucking bug and probable vector of the flagellate protozoan that causes Chagas disease.^[1] It was discovered by F. Larrousse in 1926.

Type: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Paratype M: FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro.

Type locality: Loja Province, Ecuador.

Distribution: South Ecuador, North Peru.

Biology: silvatic, rodent nests and opossum lodges; also peridomestic, and occasionally in houses.

Notes and References

1. Padilla NA, Moncayo AL, Keil CB, Grijalva MJ, Villacís AG . Life Cycle, Feeding, and Defecation Patterns of Triatoma carrioni (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), Under Laboratory Conditions . Journal of Medical Entomology . 56 . 3 . 617–624 . April 2019 . 30768666 . 6467638 . 10.1093/jme/tjz004 .