Rhodnius genus

Rhodnius (Stal 1859) - 21 species:

1. Rhodnius amazonicus (Brazil, French Guiana)
2. Rhodnius barretti (Brazil)
3. Rhodnius brethesi (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela)- Silvatic species
4. Rhodnius colombiensis (Colombia) - Mejia et al. 1999
5. Rhodnius dalessandroi (Colombia) - Silvatic species
6. Rhodnius domesticus (Brazil) - Silvatic species
7. Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (South Colombia, Ecuador, North Peru) - Principal VECTOR in Ecuador - DOMICILE
8. Rhodnius marabaensis (Brazil)
9. Rhodnius milesi (Brazil)
10. Rhodnius montenegrensis (Brazil)
11. Rhodnius nasutus (Brazil) - In Domiciliation process
12. Rhodnius neglectus (Brazil) - In Domiciliation process
13. Rhodnius neivai (Colombia, Venezuela) - Silvatic species
14. Rhodnius pallescens (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela)- Principal VECTOR in Panama - DOMICILE
15. Rhodnius paraensis (Brazil) - Silvatic species
16. Rhodnius pictipes (Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela) - Silvatic species
17. 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
18. Rhodnius robustus (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela) - Silvatic species
19. Rhodnius stali (Bolivia, Brazil) - In Domiciliation process, VECTOR in Bolivia
20. Rhodnius taquarussuensis (Brazil)
21. Rhodnius zeledoni (Brazil)

Species in general difficult to distinguish between them

Distribution:

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:

- 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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