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Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 920-935, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Kissing bugs (Hempitera: Reduviidae) are obligately and exclusively blood feeding insects. Vertebrate blood is thought to provide insufficient B vitamins to insects, which rely on symbiotic relationships with bacteria that provision these nutrients.
Carissa A. Gilliland +4 more
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The ecological function of insect egg micropyles
Functional Ecology, Volume 36, Issue 5, Page 1113-1123, May 2022., 2022 Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Insect egg micropyles are openings through the chorion allowing sperm entry for fertilisation. Micropyles are diverse structures showing remarkable variation in number, spatial arrangement and physical structure across extant insect orders.
Graziella Iossa
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Revista Chilena de Entomología, 2022 The occurrence of Panstrongylus geniculatus in a cave in Porto Velho in the state Rondônia, Brazil is reported for the first time. A triatomine specimen collected in Sr. Rena cave, was found to be a female of Panstrongylus geniculatus.
Flávio Aparecido Terassini +2 more
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Some considerations about the ecology of Triatominae [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2005 Observations on the ecology of silvatic Triatominae are still fragmentary, principally because target species in control process are almost exclusively domestic. Report of silvatic species invading human dwellings must lead research to be focused on their original ecology, in order to assist in understanding their process of domestication and devising ...
/Noireau, François +3 more
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Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 1100-1105, May/June 2022., 2022 Abstract Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by the protozoal parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is characterized by arrhythmias, myocardial damage, heart failure, and sudden death. We describe 2 dogs with severe, symptomatic Chagas cardiomyopathy characterized by myocardial dysfunction and electrocardiographic abnormalities that were managed with a combination of ...
Elizabeth L. Malcolm +4 more
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Use of noninvasive ‘bug-eggs’ to enable comparative inferences on genetic mating system with and without parental information: A study in a cattle egret colony [PDF]
, 2017 Colonial waterbirds such as herons, egrets and spoonbills exhibit ecological characteristics that could have promoted the evolution of conspecific brood parasitism and extra-pair copulation.
Cortiço Corrêa Rodrigues, Vera Lúcia +5 more
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Insects, 2021 Hemocytes, the cells present in the hemolymph of insects and other invertebrates, perform several physiological functions, including innate immunity.
Natalia R. Moyetta +4 more
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Antennal Phenotype of Triatoma dimidiata Populations and Its Relationship with Species of phyllosoma and protracta Complexes [PDF]
, 2005 Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille 1811) Reduviidae Triatominae is the main vector of Chagas disease in several countries of Latin America. As for other vector species, the characterization of T. dimidiata subpopulations within particular geographical regions
Catala, Silvia Susana +5 more
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Insects, 2022 Simple Summary Kissing bugs are bloodsucking insects that can transmit the dangerous and potentially lethal Chagas disease and also cause allergic reactions.
J. Schmidt, Mary L. Miller, S. Klotz
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Biology of three species of North American Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) fed on rabbits [PDF]
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2007 Aspects related to hatching, lifetime, number of blood meals for molting, mortality, feeding time, and postfeeding defecation delay were evaluated and compared in each instar of three North American Triatominae: Triatoma gerstaeckeri, Triatoma lecticularia and Triatoma protracta, all of them fed on rabbits.
Martínez-Ibarra, José Alejandro +7 more
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