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Triatoma infestans

Insects

Triatoma infestans, known locally as winchuka or vinchuca in Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Chile, as barbeiro in Brazil and as chipo in Venezuela, and in English as a kissing bug or barber bug, is a blood sucking bug and the most important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease. It is widespread across the Southern Cone countries of South America, a region covered by a control program called the Southern Cone Initiative, coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Parasitic 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Scientific Name
Triatoma infestans 3
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Hemiptera, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Triatoma infestans

In Biome

Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Triatoma infestans
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Uruguay, found in there.
Sources
1. Triatoma infestans (Wikipedia)
Diet (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
Quote, Diet (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
Triatoma infestans, known locally as winchuka or vinchuca in Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Chile, as barbeiro in Brazil and as chipo in Venezuela, and in English as a kissing bug or barber bug, is a blood sucking bug and the most important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease.
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2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Triatoma infestans
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Habitat Regions, Triatoma infestans
    Habitat Regions tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat Regions, biome: rainforest
    rainforest rainforest
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3. Wikipedia: Triatoma infestans
WikipediaWikidata Q135020 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Triatoma infestans
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 7603975, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 7603975, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Triatoma infestans
Child Taxon Of: Hemiptera, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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