Triatoma patagonica

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Author(s): Julieta Nattero, Romina Valeria Piccinali, Catarina Macedo Lopes, María Laura Hernández, Luciana Abrahan, Patricia Alejandra Lobbia, Claudia Susana Rodríguez and Ana Laura Carbajal de la Fuente
Source: Parasites and Vectors (2017), vol. 10, art. 412
Triatoma patagonica (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Julieta Nattero, Romina Valeria Piccinali, Catarina Macedo Lopes, María Laura Hernández, Luciana Abrahan, Patricia Alejandra Lobbia, Claudia Susana Rodríguez and Ana Laura Carbajal de la Fuente
Source: Parasites and Vectors (2017), vol. 10, art. 412

Triatoma patagonica Del Ponte, 1929

This kissing bug is a possible Chagas disease vector in Argentina. It lives mainly in sylvatic habitats, but can be also found in peridomestic environments where it feeds on chicken and mammals (Wisnivesky-Colli et al., 2003). The species is closely related to Triatoma sordida.

For a taxonomic review see Nattero et al. (2017).