Triatoma carrioni
| Triatoma carrioni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Triatominae |
| Genus: | Triatoma |
| Species: | T. carrioni |
| Binomial name | |
| Triatoma carrioni | |
Triatoma carrioni is a blood-sucking bug and probably vector of the flagellate protozoan that causes Chaga's disease. It was discovered by F. Larrousse in 1926.
Type: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Paratype M: FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro.
Type locality: Loja Province, Ecuador.
Distribution: South Ecuador, North Peru.
Biology: silvatic, rodent nests and opossum lodges; also peridomestic, and occasionally in houses.
Note: Spanish name: chinche de caballo
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