The evolution of triatomine bugs towards haematophagy has demanded different types of
adaptations, ie, morphological, physiological and behavioural. In fact, haematophagy …

Abstract Although kissing bugs (Triatominae: Reduviidae) are perhaps best known as
vectors of Chagas disease, they are important experimental models in studies of insect …

Os triatomíneos são insetos hematófagos de grande importância médica, pois são os
responsáveis pela transmissão do Trypanosoma cruzi, o agente etiológico da doença de …

Daily locomotor activity of Triatoma infestans adults exhibits two major components, one at
the second hour of the scotophase and a second one at the beginning of the photophase …

Insect microbiomes influence many fundamental host traits, including functions of practical
significance such as their capacity as vectors to transmit parasites and pathogens. The …

Nymphs of the haematophagous bug Triatoma infestans (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) are
attracted to volatiles from their own faeces on a servosphere. 2) Biological substrates …

Triatominae bugs aggregate around their faeces which carry an assembly signal. Here the
biological role of the signal is studied for Triatoma infestans. We describe a Stereotypic …

Triatominae bugs remain quiet during the day, when they can be usually found assembled
in protected sites, becoming active at night. By means of olfactometers and in different …

The pattern of locomotion activity was studied in Triatoma infestans, in relation to the use of
an artificial refuge offered to the bugs in an experimental arena. In assays performed with …

A common problem for organisms is the localization, in space and time, of the resources
necessary for survival using information from the environment. Haematophagous insects …