Bloodmeal‐stealing in wild‐caught Mepraia spinolai (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a sylvatic vector of Trypanosoma cruzi

1. Blood‐feeding bugs in the Triatominae are the vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. Mepraia is a sylvatic genus endemic to Chile that transmits T. cruzi in the wild cycle. 2. Bloodmeal‐stealing (or ‘cleptohaematophagy’) is the stealing of a bloodmeal from one bug&...

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Published in:	Ecological entomology Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 681 - 683
Main Authors:	Garrido, Rubén, Campos‐Soto, Ricardo, Quiroga, Nicol, Botto‐Mahan, Carezza
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-06-2021 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Chagas disease Chile cleptohaematophagy Etiology Laboratories Mepraia Protozoa Triatomine behavior Trypanosoma cruzi Vector-borne diseases Vectors
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