Phenotypic variability in traits related to flight dispersal in the wing dimorphic species Triatoma guasayana

• Published in: Parasites & vectors Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 8
• Main Authors: Gigena, Gisel V, Rodríguez, Claudia S, Fiad, Federico G, Hernández, María Laura, Carbajal-de-la-Fuente, Ana Laura, Piccinali, Romina V, Sánchez Casaccia, Paz, Rojas de Arias, Antonieta, Lobbia, Patricia, Abrahan, Luciana, Bustamante Gomez, Marinely, Espinoza, Jorge, Cano, Florencia, Nattero, Julieta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 09.01.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Biological Variation, Population; Chagas Disease; Dispersal; Distribution; Flight; Geometric morphometrics; Head; Humans; Insects; Insects as carriers of disease; Linear morphometrics; Male; Morphological variation; Phenotype; Physiological aspects; Pronotum; South America; Triatoma; Wing; Wings, Animal; Zoological research; South America; Bolivia; Geometric morphometrics; Head; Wing; Linear morphometrics; Chagas disease; Wing dimorphism; Pronotum

Triatoma guasayana is considered an emerging vector of Chagas disease in the Southern Cone of South America. The presence of a triatomine population with brachypterous individuals, in which both wings are reduced, has recently been reported for this species. The aim of the present study was to deter...