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Comparative bionomics of four populations of Meccus longipennis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) under laboratory conditions

2013; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 108; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0074-0276108022013018

1678-8060

José Alejandro Martínez‐Ibarra, Benjamín Nogueda‐Torres, Ángel Licón-Trillo, María Elena Villagrán-Herrera, José Antonio de Diego-Cabrera, Oziel Dante Montañez‐Valdez, Gonzalo Rocha-Chávez,

Trypanosoma species research and implications

The values of biological parameters related to the life cycles of four populations of Meccus longipennis (Reduviidae: Triatominae) were evaluated. Cohorts of each of the four studied populations from different geographical areas of Mexico were maintained under similar laboratory conditions and then compared. The population from El Saucito de Araujo was different from the other three studied populations, which could help explain the secondary importance of M. longipennis in the state of Chihuahua. This paper also supports the proposition that biological traits are important criteria for determining relationships between populations.