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Kissing Bugs
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Kissing Bugs

Triatominae

The members of Triatominae /traɪ.əˈtɒmɪniː/, a subfamily of Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs, assassin bugs, or vampire bugs. Other local names for them used in the Latin Americas include barbeiros, vinchucas, pitos and chinches. Most of the 130 or more species of this subfamily are haematophagous, i.e. feeds on vertebrate blood; a very few species feed on other invertebrates (Sandoval et al. 2000, 2004). They are mainly found and widespread in the...

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8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Triatomini

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Zelurini

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Rhodniini

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Opisthacidiini

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Zeluroidini

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Bolboderini

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Cavernicolini

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Alberproseniini

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