Global InformationTriatoma sordida information
| Triatoma sordida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Genus: | Triatoma |
| Species: | T. sordida
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| Binomial name | |
| Triatoma sordida (Stål, 1859)
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Triatoma sordida is an assassin bug (Family Reduviidae) within the genus Triatoma.[1] This species consists of three subspecies. Also referred to as kissing bugs, T. sordida are most well known for their role as a secondary vector of Chagas Disease.[2] Inhabiting warm, dry climates, T. sordida are widely distributed throughout South America, occupying houses, farming structures, and wild habitats.[1][3] Pest control is currently focused on insecticide application.[4] However, biological controls utilizing fungi appear promising.[5]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Mello, D. A. (1976). Biology of Triatominae (Reduviidae Hemiptera) from North of Formosa County (Goiás-Brazil) I. Length of life cycle of Triatoma sordida (Stal. 1859). Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. 10: 327-331.
- ^ Crocco, L. and Catalá, S. (1997). Host Preferences of Triatoma sordida. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 91:8: 927-930.
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