Triatoma rubrovaria

Taxobox | name = "Triatoma rubrovaria"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hemiptera
familia = Reduviidae
subfamilia = Triatominae
genus = "Triatoma"
species = "T. rubrovaria"

"Triatoma rubrovaria" is a widespread insect in Uruguay, and some neighboring parts of northeastern Argentina. In Brazil, its presence has been confirmed only in the southern states of Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul. This species of triatomine is found mainly among exfoliate rocks known as "pedregales". It was earlier reported "T. rubrovaria" as a sylvatic species inhabiting rock piles and may rarely be found in human dwellings. This species may be a highly competent vector of "Trypanosoma cruzi", the causative agent of Chagas disease. In Rio Grande do Sul, data from the Chagas disease Control Program have indicated an increasing of domiciliary and peridomiciliary invasion of "T. rubrovaria", where it has become the most frequently triatomine species captured in that State since the control of "T. infestans".

References

#Almeida CE, Duarte R, Pacheco RS, Costa J 2002a. "Triatoma rubrovaria" (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera-Reduviidae-Triatominae) II: trophic resources and ecological observations of five populations collected in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 97: 1127-1131.
#Almeida CE, Francischetti CN, Pacheco RS, Costa J 2003 "Triatoma rubrovaria" (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera-Reduviidae-Triatominae) III: patterns of feeding, defecation and resistance to starvation. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 98: 367-371.
#Almeida CE, Pacheco RS, Noireau F, Costa J 2002b. "Triatoma rubrovaria" (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera-Reduviidae-Triatominae) I: isoenzymatic and chromatic patterns of five populations collected in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 97: 829-834.
#Almeida CE, Vinhaes MC, Almeida JR, Silveira AC, Costa J 2000. Monitoring the domiciliary and peridomiciliary invasion process of "Triatoma rubrovaria" in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 95: 761-768.
#Almeida CE, Folly-Ramos E, Agapito-Souza R, Magno-Esperança G, Pacheco RS, Costa J 2005. "Triatoma rubrovaria" (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera-Reduviidae-Triatominae) IV: bionomic aspects on the vector capacity of nymphs. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 100: 231-235.
#Salvatella R, Calegari L, Puime A, Basmadjian, Rosa R, Guerrero J, Martinez M, Mendaro G, Briano D, Montero C, Wisniversky-Colli C 1994. Perfil alimentario de "Triatoma rubrovaria" (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera, Triatominae) en ámbitos peridomiciliarios, de una localidad rural de Uruguay. Rev Inst Med Trop São Paulo 36: 311-320.
#Salvatella R, Rosa R, Basmadjian Y, Puime A, Calegari L, Guerrero J, Martinez M, Mendaro G, Briano D, Montero C, Wisnivesky-Colli C 1995. Ecology of "Triatoma rubrovaria" (Hemiptera, Triatominae) in wild and peridomestic environments of Uruguay. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 90: 325-328.