Genus Triatoma Laporte, 1832

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• Triatoma Laporte, F.L. (Compte de Castelnau) 1832. Essai d'une classification systématique de l'ordre des Hémiptères (Hémiptères Héteroptères, Latr.). Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2: 1-16 [11].

  Type species:

   Reduvius gigas Fabricius, 1775 by monotypy.
• Conorhinus Laporte, F.L. (Compte de Castelnau) 1833. Essai d'une classification systématique de l'ordre des Hémiptères (Hémiptères Héteroptères, Latr.). Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2: 17-75, Supplement: 76-88 [77] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Triatoma, placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (Direction 63)].
• Meccus Stål, C. 1859. Monographie der Gattung Conorhinus und Verwandten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 3: 99-117 pl. 6 [102].

  Type species:

   Conorhinus phyllosoma Burmeister, 1835 by monotypy.
• Eutriatoma Pinto, C. 1926. Eutriatoma tibiamaculata novo genero e nova especie; forma intermediaria entre Rhodnius et Triatoma. Sciencia Medica, Rio de Janeiro 4: 133-136 [134].

  Type species:

   Eutriatoma tibiamaculata Pinto, 1926 by original designation.
• Neotriatoma Pinto, C. 1931. Valor do rostro e antenas na caracterizaçã dos gêneros de Triatomides. Hemiptera, Reduvidioidea. Boletim Biológico. São Paulo 19: 45-136 [120].

  Type species:

   Conorhinus circummaculatus Stål, 1859 by original designation.
• Triatomaptera Neiva, A. & Lent, H. 1940. Sôbre um novo triatomideo chilena Triatomaptera porteri. Nota prévia. Brasil-Médico 54: 265-267 [265].

  Type species:

   Triatomaptera porteri Neiva & Lent, 1940 by original designation.
• Mepraia Mazza, S., Gajardo Tobar & Jörg, M.E. 1940. Mepraia novum genus de Triatomidae Mepraia spinolai (Porter) 1933 nov. comb., redescripción del macho y descripción de la hembra. Misión de Estudios de Patolalogia Regional Argentina Publicación 1940(44): 3-30 [3].

  Type species:

   Triatoma spinola Porter, 1934 by original designation.
• Nesotriatoma Usinger, R.L. 1944. The Triatominae of North and Central America and the West Indies and their public significance. Public Health Bulletin 1944(288): iv 1-88 pls I-XII [38].

  Type species:

   Triatoma flavida Neiva, 1911 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lent, H. & Wygodzinsky, P. 1979. Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 163: 125-520 [181]

Introduction

The genus did not recover as monophyletic in the phylogenetic analysis of Kieran et al. (2021) using ultraconserved elements, suggesting that a generic revision may be warranted.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

General References

Kieran, T., Gordon, E., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., Ibarra-Cerdeña, C., Glenn, T., & Weirauch, C. 2021. Ultraconserved elements reconstruct the evolution of Chagas disease-vectoring kissing bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae). Systematic Entomology 46: 725-740

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