[Mortality profile of female Rhodnius robustus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)].

Tropical insect collections and DNA extraction, using Rhodnius Stål 1859 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae).

Triatominae species of Suriname (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) and their role as vectors of Chagas disease

Nine species of Triatominae, representing three tribes and five genera, are currently known in Suriname. An annotated list of the species based on the collections of the Bureau of Public Health (Suriname), the National Zoological Collection Suriname and the National History Museum Leiden (the Netherlands) is provided. Additionally, the results of several years of opportunistic collection in two...

BIOLOGY OF Rhodnius robustus FED ON PIGEON OR ON SWISS MOUSE BLOOD 91 BIOLOGY OF NYMPHS OF Rhodnius robustus LARROUSSE, 1927 (HEMIPTERA, REDUVIIDAE), FED ON PIGEON OR ON SWISS MOUSE BLOOD IN LABORATORY CONDITIONS

The duration of the life cycle of Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 as well as the mortality rate of each nymphal instar were studied comparing groups fed on pigeon or on mouse blood weekly or fortnightly. This species showed a better development and lower mortality rate when fed on swiss mouse. The intervals between feedings apparently did not have influence on the shortening of the cycle. We ...

The triatominae species of French Guiana (Heteroptera: Reduviidae).

An annotated list of the triatomine species present in French Guiana is given. It is based on field collections carried out between 1993-2008, museum collections and a literature review. Fourteen species, representing four tribes and six genera, are now known in this country and are illustrated (habitus). Three species are recorded from French Guiana for the first time: Cavernicola pilosa, Micr...

Rhodnius barretti, a new species of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from western Amazonia

Rhodnius barretti, a new triatomine species, is described based on adult specimens collected in rainforest environments within the Napo ecoregion of western Amazonia (Colombia and Ecuador). R. barretti resembles Rhodnius robustus s.l., but mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences reveal that it is a strongly divergent member of the "robustus lineage", i.e., basal to the clade encompassing Rhod...