Triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) are hematophagous insects with wide geographic distribution in the American continent, occurring from the southern of the Argentina to the southern United States of America.There are approximately 152 current valid species of triatomines and some of these species are important in public health because they are vectors of the aetiologic agent of Chagas disease, protozoan parasite
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