Rhodnius

Rhodnius is a genus of assassin bugs in the subfamily Triatominae (the kissing bugs),^[1] and is an important vector in the spread of Chagas disease.^[2] The Rhodnius species were important models for Sir Vincent Wigglesworth's studies of insect physiology, specifically growth and development.^[3]

Rhodnius
Rhodnius prolixus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Triatominae
Tribe:	Rhodniini
Genus:	Rhodnius Stål, 1859
Species
See text

Rhodnius prolixus

Species

• Rhodnius amazonicus Almeida, Santos & Sposina, 1973
• Rhodnius brethesi Matta, 1919 (Tc)
• Rhodnius colombiensis Moreno Mejía, Galvão & Jurberg, 1999^[4]
• Rhodnius dalessandroi Carcavallo & Barreto, 1976
• Rhodnius domesticus Neiva & Pinto, 1923 (Tc)
• Rhodnius ecuadoriensis Lent & León, 1958 (Tc)
• Rhodnius milesi Carcavallo, Rocha, Galvão, Jurberg, 2001^[5]
• Rhodnius nasutus Stål, 1859 (Tc)
• Rhodnius neglectus Lent, 1954 (Tc)
• Rhodnius neivai Lent, 1953
• Rhodnius pallescens Barber, 1932 (Tc) (principal vector in Panama).
• Rhodnius paraensis Sherlock, Guitton & Miles, 1977 (Tc)
• Rhodnius pictipes Stål, 1872 (Tc)
• Rhodnius prolixus Stål, 1859 (Tc) (principal vector in Colombia and Venezuela, and in Guatemala, Honduras and some parts of Nicaragua and El Salvador).
• Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 (Tc)
• Rhodnius stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão, 1993 (Tc)

Species marked with (Tc) are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi

References

1. Ribes, Eva; Goula, Marta & JeremÍas, Xavier (2008). "Assassin Bugs, Kissing Bugs and Others (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)". In Capinera, John L.; et al. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Vol. 1. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 311–319. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_10368. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1.
2. Lent, Herman & Wygodzinsky, Pedro (1979). "Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. Revisión de los Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) y su significado como vectores del mal de Chagas". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 163: 123–520. hdl:2246/1282. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2012.
3. Sadava, David E.; Heller, H. Craig; Orians, Gordon H. & Purves, William K. (2008). "Chapter 41: Animal Hormones". Life: The Science of Biology (eighth ed.). Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates (Macmillan). pp. 874–895, page 876. ISBN 978-0-7167-7671-0.
4. Mejia, J. M.; Galvão, C. & Jurberg, J. (1999). "Rhodnius colombiensis sp. n. da Colômbia, com quadros comparativos entre estruturas fálicas do gênero Rhodnius Stål, 1859 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)". Entomologia y Vectores (in Spanish). 6: 601–617.
5. Valente, V. C.; Valente, S. A. S.; Carcavallo, R. U.; Rocha, D. S.; Galvão, C. & Jurberg, J. (2001). "Considerações sobre uma nova espécie do gênero Rhodnius Stål, do estado do Pará, Brasil (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)". Entomologia y Vectores (in Spanish). 8 (1): 65–80.

External links

• Summary of Rhodnius species from metapathogen.com