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Review of Kissing Bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from China with Descriptions of Two New Species.


ABSTRACT: Triatominae, the only blood-sucking subfamily in Reduviidae, are the vectors of Chagas disease. The majority of them are distributed in the Americas, while the diversity in China has been underestimated, as only two species have been recorded. Here, we describe two new species from China, Triatoma picta Zhao & Cai sp. nov. and T. atrata Zhao & Cai sp. nov., and provide a redescription of T. sinica Hsiao, 1965, along with remarks on T. rubrofasciata (De Geer, 1773). To facilitate the identification, we include photos, especially of genitalia, as well as a distribution map and a key to Chinese triatomines. We calculated the pairwise genetic distances between 23 Triatoma species, which further supported the validity of these new species. We anticipate that our taxonomic review will be useful for identifying Chinese Triatominae.

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10231107 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Review of Kissing Bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from China with Descriptions of Two New Species.

Zhao Yisheng Y   Fan Mingyuan M   Li Hu H   Cai Wanzhi W  

Insects 20230510 5


Triatominae, the only blood-sucking subfamily in Reduviidae, are the vectors of Chagas disease. The majority of them are distributed in the Americas, while the diversity in China has been underestimated, as only two species have been recorded. Here, we describe two new species from China, <i>Triatoma picta</i> Zhao & Cai sp. nov. and <i>T</i>. <i>atrata</i> Zhao & Cai sp. nov., and provide a redescription of <i>T. sinica</i> Hsiao, 1965, along with remarks on <i>T. rubrofasciata</i> (De Geer, 17  ...[more]

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