Rhodnius

Rhodnius is a genus of assassin bugs in the subfamily Triatominae (the kissing bugs),^[1] and is an important vector in the spread of Chagas disease.^[2] The Rhodnius species were important models for Sir Vincent Wigglesworth's studies of insect physiology, specifically growth and development.^[3]

Rhodnius
Rhodnius prolixus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Triatominae
Tribe:	Rhodniini
Genus:	Rhodnius Stål, 1859
Species
See text

Rhodnius prolixus

Species

• Rhodnius amazonicus Almeida, Santos & Sposina, 1973
• Rhodnius brethesi Matta, 1919 (Tc)
• Rhodnius colombiensis Moreno Mejía, Galvão & Jurberg, 1999^[4]
• Rhodnius dalessandroi Carcavallo & Barreto, 1976
• Rhodnius domesticus Neiva & Pinto, 1923 (Tc)
• Rhodnius ecuadoriensis Lent & León, 1958 (Tc)
• Rhodnius milesi Carcavallo, Rocha, Galvão, Jurberg, 2001^[5]
• Rhodnius nasutus Stål, 1859 (Tc)
• Rhodnius neglectus Lent, 1954 (Tc)
• Rhodnius neivai Lent, 1953
• Rhodnius pallescens Barber, 1932 (Tc) (principal vector in Panama).
• Rhodnius paraensis Sherlock, Guitton & Miles, 1977 (Tc)
• Rhodnius pictipes Stål, 1872 (Tc)
• Rhodnius prolixus Stål, 1859 (Tc) (principal vector in Colombia and Venezuela, and in Guatemala, Honduras and some parts of Nicaragua and El Salvador).
• Rhodnius robustus Larrousse, 1927 (Tc)
• Rhodnius stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão, 1993 (Tc)

Species marked with (Tc) are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi