Triatoma is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of Triatoma (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliva may also trigger allergic reactions in sensitive individuals, up to and including severe anaphylactic shock.
Species
These are species according to reliable sources. While most species are found in the New World, a few are known from the Old World. NOTE: The designation (Tc) signifies that the species is associated with Trypanosoma cruzi.
- Triatoma amicitiae <small>Lent, 1951</small>
- Triatoma arthurneivai <small>Lent & Martins, 1940</small>
- Triatoma bahiensis <small>Sherlock & Serafim, 1967</small>
- Triatoma baratai <small>Carcavallo & Jurberg, 2000</small>
- Triatoma barberi <small>Usinger, 1939</small>
- Triatoma bolivari <small>Carcavallo, MartÃÂnez & Pelaez, 1984</small>
- Triatoma boliviana <small>Avendaño, 2007</small>
- Triatoma bouvieri <small>Larrousse, 1924</small>
- Triatoma brailovskyi <small>MartÃÂnez, Carcavallo & Pelaez, 1984</small>
- Triatoma brasiliensis <small>Neiva, 1911</small>
- Triatoma breyeri <small>Del Ponte, 1929</small>, possible synonym of Mepraia breyeri
- Triatoma carcavalloi <small>Jurberg, Rocha & Lent, 1998</small>
- Triatoma carrioni <small>Larrousse, 1926</small>
- Triatoma cavernicola <small>Else & Cheong, 1977</small>
- Triatoma circummaculata <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1859)</small>
- Triatoma costalimai <small>Verano & Galvão, 1959</small>
- Triatoma deaneorum <small>Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1967</small>
- Triatoma delpontei <small>Romaña & Abalos, 1947</small>
- Triatoma dimidiata <small>(Latreille, 1811)</small> (Tc) [important vector in parts of Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Ecuador].
- Triatoma dispar <small>Lent, 1950</small>
- Triatoma garciabesi <small>Carcavallo, 1967</small>
- Triatoma gerstaeckeri <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1859)</small>
- Triatoma gomeznunezi <small>MartÃÂnez, Carcavallo & Jurberg, 1994</small>
- Triatoma guasayana <small>Wygodzinsky & Abalos, 1949</small>
- Triatoma guazu <small>Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979</small>
- Triatoma hegneri <small>Mazzotti, 1940</small>
- Triatoma huehuetenanguensis <small>Lima-Cordón, 2019</small> (Tc)
- Triatoma incrassata <small>Usinger, 1939</small>
- Triatoma indictiva <small>Neiva, 1912</small>
- Triatoma infestans <small>(Klug, 1834)</small>
- Triatoma jatai <small>Gonçalves, 2013</small>
- Triatoma juazeirensis <small>Costa & Felix, 2007</small>
- Triatoma jurbergi <small>Carcavallo, Galvão & Lent, 1998</small>
- Triatoma klugi <small>Carcavallo, Jurberg, Lent & Galvão, 2001</small>
- Triatoma lecticularia <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1859)</small>
- Triatoma lenti <small>Sherlock & Serafim, 1967</small>
- Triatoma leopoldi <small>(Schouteden, 1933)</small>
- Triatoma limai <small>Del Ponte, 1929</small>
- Triatoma maculata <small>(Erichson, 1848)</small>
- Triatoma matogrossensis <small>Leite & Barbosa, 1953</small>
- Triatoma melanocephala <small>Neiva & Pinto, 1923</small>
- Triatoma mexicana <small>(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848)</small>
- Triatoma migrans <small>Breddin, 1903</small>
- Triatoma mopan <small>Dorn, 2018</small> (Tc)
- Triatoma neotomae <small>Neiva, 1911</small>
- Triatoma nigromaculata <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1872)</small>
- Triatoma nitida <small>Usinger, 1939</small>
- Triatoma oliveirai <small>(Neiva, Pinto & Lent, 1939)</small>
- Triatoma pallidipennis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1872</small> (Tc)
- Triatoma patagonica <small>Del Ponte, 1929</small>
- Triatoma peninsularis <small>Usinger, 1940</small>
- Triatoma petrochiae <small>Pinto & Barreto, 1925</small>
- Triatoma pintodiasi <small>Jurberg, Cunha & Rocha, 2013</small>
- Triatoma platensis <small>Neiva, 1913</small>
- Triatoma protracta <small>(Uhler, 1894)</small> (western conenose)
- Triatoma pseudomaculata <small>Correa & EspÃÂnola, 1964</small>
- Triatoma pugasi <small>Lent, 1953</small>
- Triatoma recurva <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1868)</small>
- Triatoma rubida <small>(Uhler, 1894)</small>
- Triatoma rubrofasciata <small>(De Geer, 1773)</small>
- Triatoma rubrovaria <small>(Blanchard, 1843)</small>
- Triatoma ryckmani <small>Zeledón & Ponce, 1972</small>
- Triatoma sanguisuga <small>(Leconte, 1856)</small> (eastern blood-sucking conenose)
- Triatoma sherlocki <small>Papa, Jurberg, Carcavallo, Cerqueira & Barata, 2002</small>
- Triatoma sinaloensis <small>Ryckman, 1962</small>
- Triatoma sinica <small>Hsiao, 1965</small>
- Triatoma sordida <small>(Stal, 1859)</small>
- Triatoma tibiamaculata <small>(Pinto, 1926)</small>
- Triatoma vandae <small>Carcavallo, Jurberg, Rocha, Galvão, Noireau & Lent, 2002</small>
- Triatoma venosa <small>(Stal, 1872)</small>
- Triatoma vitticeps <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1859)</small>
- Triatoma williami <small>Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1965</small>
- Triatoma wygodzinskyi <small>Lent, 1951</small>
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