Triatoma mexicana Herrich-Schaeffer (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae): Description of the external male genitalia and external morphology of the female

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  • VIRTUAL POSTER-2013.pdf (464.9 kB)
  • Saturday, November 9, 2013: 2:20 PM
    Meeting Room 11 AB (Austin Convention Center)
    Paz Salazar-Schettino , Microbiologia y Parasitologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    Gloria Rojas-Wastavino , Microbiologia y Parasitologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    Mauro Vences-Blanco , Microbiologia y Parasitologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    Margarita Cabrera-Bravo , Microbiologia y Parasitologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    Abstract

    Triatoma mexicana was originally described in 1848 by Herrich-Schaeffer, naming Conorhinus mexicanus Herrich-Schaeffer. Its finding is currently registered in the States of Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Querétaro, and San Luis Potosí. Studies about the spatial distribution, the entomological indices, it presence indoor an outdoor in houses, it biology and risk transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas show that it is an important species from the point of view of public health. With the purpose of extending the biological knowledge of this species, the present study is the description of the female as well as the external male genitalia, in specimens captured in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico.

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