Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Heteroptera Scientific name Triatoma carrioni | Phylum Arthropoda Order Hemiptera Family Reduviidae Rank Species | |
Similar Triatoma nigromaculata, Eratyrus, Panstrongylus, Panstrongylus geniculatus, Triatoma protracta | ||
Triatoma carrioni is a blood-sucking bug and probably vector of the flagellate protozoan that causes Chaga's disease. It was discovered by F. Larrousse in 1926.
Type: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Paratype M: FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro.
Type locality: Loja Province, Ecuador.
Distribution: South Ecuador, North Peru.
Biology: silvatic, rodent nests and opossum lodges; also peridomestic, and occasionally in houses.
Note: Spanish name: chinche de caballo
References
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