Rhodnius genus
Rhodnius (Stal 1859) - 21 species:
- Rhodnius amazonicus (Brazil, French Guiana)
- Rhodnius barretti (Brazil)
- Rhodnius brethesi (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)- Silvatic species
- Rhodnius colombiensis (Colombia) - Mejia et al. 1999
- Rhodnius dalessandroi (Colombia) - Silvatic species
- Rhodnius domesticus (Brazil) - Silvatic species
- Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (South Colombia, Ecuador, North Peru) - Principal VECTOR in Ecuador - DOMICILE
- Rhodnius marabaensis (Brazil)
- Rhodnius milesi (Brazil)
- Rhodnius montenegrensis (Brazil)
- Rhodnius nasutus (Brazil) - In Domiciliation process
- Rhodnius neglectus (Brazil) - In Domiciliation process
- Rhodnius neivai (Colombia, Venezuela) - Silvatic species
- Rhodnius pallescens (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela)- Principal VECTOR in Panama - DOMICILE
- Rhodnius paraensis (Brazil) - Silvatic species
- Rhodnius pictipes (Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela) - Silvatic species
- Rhodnius prolixus (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, Guyana, French Guiana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela) - Principal VECTOR in Central America - DOMICILE
- Rhodnius robustus (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela) - Silvatic species
- Rhodnius stali (Bolivia, Brazil) - In Domiciliation process, VECTOR in Bolivia
- Rhodnius taquarussuensis (Brazil)
- Rhodnius zeledoni (Brazil)
Species in general difficult to distinguish between them
Distribution:
Distribution:
Characteristics:
Characteristics:
- From 11 to 26 mm long
- General color light brown or straw-colored, with brown or blackish, occasionally reddish brown markings, scattered or in large spots and stripes
- Setae very short, inconspicuous
- Head slender and elongate, subcylindrical, from 2 to 3 times as long as wide across eyes, in most cases longer than pronotum.
- Callosities behind eyes strongly developed
- Insertion of antennae close to apex of head
Biology:
Biology:
- Eggs adhering to substrate, light colored, singly or in irregular groups
- In palm trees; several species domestic
- Some species of medical importance
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