Author | Correia, João Paulo Sales Oliveira | |
Author | Gil-Santana, Hélcio Reinaldo | |
Author | Santos-Mallet, Jacenir Reis dos | |
Author | Galvão, Cleber | |
Access date | 2023-05-22T13:15:31Z | |
Available date | 2023-05-22T13:15:31Z | |
Document date | 2023 | |
Citation | CORREIA, João Paulo Sales Oliveira et al. Characterization of External Female Genitalia in Five Triatoma Laporte Species of South America (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae). Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, v. 8, 240, p. 1-8, 2023. | en_US |
ISSN | 2414-6366 | en_US |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/58545 | |
Language | eng | en_US |
Publisher | MDPI | en_US |
Rights | open access | |
Subject in Portuguese | Doença de Chagas | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | Vetores | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | Genitália feminina | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | Morfologia | en_US |
Title | Characterization of External Female Genitalia in Five Triatoma Laporte Species of South America (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) | en_US |
Type | Article | |
DOI | 10.3390/tropicalmed8050240 | |
Abstract | Currently, there are 158 valid species of triatomines, all of which are potential vectors of
Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. The correct taxonomic identification of
triatomines is essential since each species hos a different epidemiological importance. The aim of the
study is to compare five species of South American Triatoma. Here we present a comparative study
of terminal abdominal segments in females by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the species
Triatoma delpontei, T. jurbergi, T. infestans var. melanosoma, T. platensis, and T. vandae. The results showed
diagnostic characters for the studied species. The dorsal view featured more valuable characters,
with seven informative characters. Similarities were observed among T. delpontei, T. infestans var.
melanosoma, and T. platensis, and between T. jurbergi and T. vandae, correlating with previous studies.
Thus, female genital characters proved to be reliable and useful in the diagnosis of the Triatoma
species studied here; additional studies, along with other sets of behavioral, morphological, and
molecular data, helped to reinforce the hypotheses found here. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Vigilância Entomológica em Diptera e Hemiptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade Iguaçu. Laboratório de Vigilância e Biodiversidade em Saúde. Nova Iguaçu, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Subject | Chagas disease | en_US |
Subject | Vectors | en_US |
Subject | Female genitalia | en_US |
Subject | Morphology | en_US |