Head geometric morphometrics of two Chagas disease vectors from Venezuela

Triatominae species are considered the main vectors of Chagas disease or American Trypanosomiasis. In Venezuela, the principal vectors are Rhodnius prolixus (Stål, 1959) and Triatoma maculata (Erichson, 1848), which are belonged to the tribe Rhodniini and Triatomini, respectively. The head conformat...

• Main Author: Oropeza, Ana María (author)
• Other Authors: Perri Fernández, Carlos Arturo (author), Liria, Jonathan (author), Soto Vivas, Ana (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Instars; Rhodniini; Triatomini; Conformation; Centroid size.
• Online Access: http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/119; https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201706