The interaction between Rhodnius prolixus and Trypanosoma cruzi has huge medical importance because it responds to the transmission of Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease that affects about eight million people worldwide. It is known trypanosomatid pathogens depend on active lipid endocytosis from insect host meet growth differentiation requirements. However, until now, knowledge how p...

Despite the drastic consequences it may have on the transmission of parasites, the ability of disease vectors to learn and retain information has just begun to be characterised. The kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of Chagas disease, is an excellent model, particularly because conditioning the proboscis extension response (PER) constitutes a valuable paradigm to study their cognitive abi...

Sir Vincent B. Wigglesworth (1899–1994) was the father of insect physiology and more particularly of insect endocrinology. He published some 264 papers (26 of them in the Journal of Experimental Biology) on many different aspects of insect physiology, and all but 18 of his papers were soleauthored. His work on Rhodnius prolixus, the kissing bug, beginning in 1933, was seminal to the field of in...

The effect of convection on infrared detection by antennal warm cells in the 1 bloodsucking bug Rhodnius prolixus 2 3 Harald Tichy and Lydia M. Zopf 4 5 Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Department of Neurobiology, 6 1090 Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Austria 7 8 Corresponding author: 9 Harald Tichy 10 Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Department of Neurobiology, 11 1090...