| triatominae in furnariid nests of the argentine gran chaco. | triatomines (hemiptera, reduviidae) are bloodsucking insects involved in the transmission of trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of chagas disease, an important public health problem in latin america. the triatomine species found in sylvatic habitats generally play a limited epidemiological role compared to domestic species, but they may act as a reinfestation source of dwellings after insecticide spraying and have to be carefully considered in control strategies of chagas disease transmissio ... | 2014 | 24820557 |
| insects found in birds' nests from argentina: coryphistera alaudina burmeister, 1860 (aves: furnariidae), their inquiline birds and mammals, new hosts for psammolestes coreodes bergroth, 1911 and triatoma platensis neiva, 1913 (hemiptera: reduviidae: triatominae). | the insect fauna in nests of coryphistera alaudina burmeister, 1860 (aves: furnariidae) were studied in the provinces of santiago del estero, chaco, córdoba, and la pampa in argentina. a total of 7364 insect specimens comprising 77 taxa in a total of 29 families and 7 orders was found in their nests: 40 identified to species, 23 identified to genus, and 14 identified to family. coryphistera alaudina and some of their vertebrate inquilines are new host records for the triatomine bugs psammolestes ... | 2014 | 24943157 |