Microtriatoma
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Genus Microtriatoma belongs to the subfamily
Triatominae
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2 species:
(Tc) means associated with Trypanosoma cruzi
Triatominae
Triatominae
The members of Triatominae , a subfamily of Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs, assassin bugs or triatomines. Most of the 130 or more species of this subfamily are haematophagous, i.e. feed on vertebrate blood; a very few species feed on other invertebrates...
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2 species:
- M. borbai (Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979 (Tc))
- M. trinidadensis (Lent, 1951)
(Tc) means associated with Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi is a species of parasitic euglenoid trypanosomes. This species causes the trypanosomiasis diseases in humans and animals in America...