Rhodnius
Sign in to savethumb|Rhodnius prolixus Rhodnius is a genus of assassin bugs in the subfamily Triatominae (the kissing bugs), and is an important vector in the spread of Chagas disease. The Rhodnius species were important models for Sir Vincent Wigglesworth's studies of insect physiology, specifically growth and development.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- Family
- Reduviidae
- Collections
- MSU, USNM, NMSU, UCB
- Recorded in
- United States, Panama, Brazil, Peru, Mexico
Research
2,098 papers- Rhodnius prolixus: From classical physiology to modern developmental biology.Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) · 2017
- Neuropeptides in the regulation of Rhodnius prolixus physiology.Journal of insect physiology · 2017
- Rhodnius prolixus Malpighian tubules and control of diuresis by neurohormones.Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2007
- Investigation of Rhodnius prolixus head anatomy using microtomography.Journal of microscopy · 2023
- An updated catalog of lipocalins of the chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae).Insect biochemistry and molecular biology · 2022
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- Parent taxon
- Triatominae
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- Rhodnius prolixus.jpg
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thumb|Rhodnius prolixus Rhodnius is a genus of assassin bugs in the subfamily Triatominae (the kissing bugs), and is an important vector in the spread of Chagas disease. The Rhodnius species were important models for Sir Vincent Wigglesworth's studies of insect physiology, specifically growth and development.
==Species== Rhodnius amazonicus Almeida, Santos & Sposina, 1973 Rhodnius brethesi Matta, 1919 (Tc) Rhodnius colombiensis Moreno Mejía, Galvão & Jurberg, 1999 Rhodnius dalessandroi Carcavallo & Barreto, 1976 Rhodnius domesticus Neiva & Pinto, 1923 (Tc) Rhodnius ecuadoriensis Lent & León, 1958 (Tc) Rhodnius milesi Carcavallo, Rocha, Galvão, Jurberg, 2001 Rhodnius nasutus Stål, 1859 (Tc) Rhodnius neglectus Lent, 1954 (Tc) Rhodnius neivai Lent, 1953 Rhodnius pallescens Barber, 1932 (Tc) (principal vector in Panama). Rhodnius paraensis Sherlock, Guitton & Miles, 1977 (Tc) Rhodnius pictipes Stål, 1872 (Tc) Rhodnius prolixus Stål, 1859 (Tc) (principal vector in Colombia and Venezuela, and in Guatemala, Honduras and some parts of Nicaragua and El Salvador). Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 (Tc) Rhodnius stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão, 1993 (Tc)
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