R. ecuadoriensis

Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Lent & Leon, 1958)

- VECTOR in Ecuador and Peru - DOMICILE

Distribution:

Characteristics:

- Length: 12.5-14.5 mm

- General color light brown with dark brown markings on body and appendages, in form of stripes or small irregularly shaped spots, the latter especially conspicuous on legs

- Head slightly longer than pronotum (without the apical process)

- Anteocular region less than 3 times as long as postocular region in dorsal view

- Rectangular spots of dorsal connexival plates diffuse

- Femora yellowish, mottled with dark brown

Biology:

- Has been found naturally infected by T. cruzi and T. rangeli

- Domestic and peridomestic species

- Has been found in hollow trees; in palm trees (Phytelephas aequatorialis, Elaeis guineensis). In trunks of trees.

- Feeding sources: Didelphis sp., Guinea pigs, chickens, pigeons

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abad-Franch F, Aguilar HMV, Paucar AC, Lorosa ES, Noireau F. 2002. Observations on the domestic ecology of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Triatominae). Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 97(2): 199-202.

Carcavallo RU, Galindez Giron, I, Jurberg, J & Lent H. 1998. Atlas of Chagas’ disease vectors in the Americas. Vol I, II, III. FioCruz Edition.

Cuba Cuba CA, Vargas F, Roldan J, Ampuero C. 2003. Domestic Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) infestation in Northern Peru: a comparative trial of detection methods Turing a six-month follow-up. Rev Inst Med trop S Paulo, 45(2): 85-90.

Cuba Cuba CA, Abad-Franch F, Roldan Rodríguez J, Vargas Vásquez F, Pollack Velásquez L, Miles MA. 2002. The triatomines of Northern Peru, with emphasis on the ecology and infection by Trypanosomes ofRhodnius ecuadoriensis (Triatominae). Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 97(2): 175-183.

Dujardin JP, Schofield CJ & Panzera F. 2000. Les vecteurs de la maladie de Chagas. Recherches taxonomiques, biologiques et génétiques. Académie Royales des Sciences d'Outre-Mer.

Galvão C, Carcavallo R, Da Silva Rocha D & Jurberg J. 2003. A checklist of the current valid species of the subfamily Triatominae Jeannel, 1919 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and their geographical distribution, with nomenclatural and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa, 202: 1-36.

Lent H & Wygodzinsky P. 1979. Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas disease. Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 163 (Art. 3): 125-520.

Villacis AG, Arcos-Teran L, Grijalva MJ. 2008. Life cycle, feeding and defecacion patterns of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Lent & Leon 1958) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) under laboratory conditions. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 103(7): 690-695.