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Cleptohaematophagy of the Triatomine bug Belminus herreri
Author(s) -
Sandoval C. M.,
Joya M. I.,
Gutierez R.,
Angulo V. M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00210.x
Subject(s) - biology , rhodnius prolixus , rhodnius , panama , instar , zoology , altitude (triangle) , ecology , trypanosoma cruzi , insect , parasite hosting , larva , geometry , mathematics , world wide web , computer science
Summary The Triatomine bug Belminus herreri , previously known only from Panama, is reported for the first time from Colombia. Three adult B. herreri were collected from a chicken coop and a viable egg was found on a Bactris palm at Carmen municipality in humid forest zone at 680 m altitude. From 44 eggs produced, five progeny were reared to adulthood. During early instars they were unable to take bloodmeals directly from vertebrate hosts, but they fed successfully by cleptohaematophagy on blood from replete Rhodnius prolixus.