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Morphological and morphometric analysis of scutella of six species and two subspecies of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Mexico.
Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology - 1 Dec 2017
Rivas Nancy, Sánchez-Cordero Víctor, Camacho Alejandro D, Córdoba-Aguilar Alejandro, Alejandre-Aguilar Ricardo
Abstract excerpt
Morphological characters can be used to distinguish the vast majority of triatomine species, but the existence of high levels of phenotypic plasticity and recently diverged species can lead to erroneous determinations. To approach this problem, we analyzed the male and female morphologies of the scutella of Triatoma barberi, T. dimidiata, T. lecticularia, T. mexicana, T. recurva, T. rubida, and two sub-species,...
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