Parabelminus is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Triatominae. The species of this genus could be found in Brazil, specially in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.[1] It is a vector of Chagas disease.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Triatominae |
| Tribe: | Bolboderini |
| Genus: | Parabelminus |
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Species
editThis genus has two known species:
- P. carioca Lent, 1943 (Tc)
- P. yurupucu Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979
(Tc) means associated with Trypanosoma cruzi
References
edit- ^ Lent, Hernan; Wygodzinsky, Pablo W. (1979). «Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease». Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 163: 1-520. Consultado el 2 de abril de 2023.
- ^ Kieran, Troy J.; Gordon, Eric R.L.; Zaldívar‐Riverón, Alejandro; Ibarra‐Cerdeña, Carlos N.; Glenn, Travis C.; Weirauch, Christiane (July 2021). "Ultraconserved elements reconstruct the evolution of Chagas disease‐vectoring kissing bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae)". Systematic Entomology. 46 (3): 725–740. doi:10.1111/syen.12485. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 234840061.
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