Mepraia is a genus in the subfamily Triatominae, endemic in Chile, and vectors of Chagas disease.

Mepraia
Mepraia spinolai in central Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Triatominae
Tribe: Triatomini
Genus: Mepraia
Mazza, Gajardo & Jörg, 1940
Species

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Species[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Faúndez, E. I. & Carvajal, M. A. (2012). "Notas sobre Mepraia gajardoi Frías, Henry & González, 1998 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 50: 495–497. ISSN 1134-6094.
  2. ^ Hypsa, V., Tietz, D.F., Zrzavy, J., Rego, R.O.M., Galvao, C., Jurberg, J., 2002. Phylogeny and biogeography of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): molecular evidence of a new world origin of the Asiatic clade. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 23, 447-457