Eratyrus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Reduviidae |
Subfamily: | Triatominae |
Tribe: | Triatomini |
Genus: | Eratyrus Stål, 1859 |
Eratyrus is a genus of insects belonging to the assassin bug subfamily Triatominae.
This genus has a wide distribution throughout central and northern South America and Central America.
There are two species in this genus; both are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi:
- Eratyrus cuspidatus (Stål, 1859)
- Eratyrus mucronatus (Stål, 1859)
References
- Ryckman, Raymond E. (1986). "The Triatominae of South America: A check list with synonymy". Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology. 11 (2): 199–208.
- Dujardin, Jean-Pierre; Schofield, Christopher John; Panzera, Francisco (2000). Les vecteurs de la maladie de Chagas: recherches taxonomiques, biologiques et génétiques. Brussel: Koninklijke Academie Voor Overzeese Wetenschappen. p. 116.
- Dujardin, Schofield & Panzera 2000, pp. 30, 160
Taxon identifiers | |
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