Eratyrus is a genus of insects belonging to the assassin bug subfamily Triatominae.[1]
| Eratyrus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Triatominae |
| Tribe: | Triatomini |
| Genus: | Eratyrus Stål, 1859 |
This genus has a wide distribution throughout central and northern South America and Central America.
There are two species in this genus; both are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi:
- Eratyrus cuspidatus (Stål, 1859)[2]
- Eratyrus mucronatus (Stål, 1859)[3]
References
edit- ^ Ryckman, Raymond E. (1986). "The Triatominae of South America: A check list with synonymy". Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology. 11 (2): 199–208.
- ^ Dujardin, Jean-Pierre; Schofield, Christopher John; Panzera, Francisco (2000). Les vecteurs de la maladie de Chagas: recherches taxonomiques, biologiques et génétiques. Brussel: Koninklijke Academie Voor Overzeese Wetenschappen. p. 116.
- ^ Dujardin, Schofield & Panzera 2000, pp. 30, 160
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