Eratyrus

Eratyrus is a genus of insects belonging to the assassin bug subfamily Triatominae.^[1]

Eratyrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Triatominae
Tribe:	Triatomini
Genus:	Eratyrus Stål, 1859

This genus has a wide distribution throughout central and northern South America and Central America.

There are two species in this genus; both are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi:

• Eratyrus cuspidatus (Stål, 1859)^[2]
• Eratyrus mucronatus (Stål, 1859)^[3]