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Cytogenetics as a tool for triatomine species distinction (Hemiptera-Reduviidae)
R Perez1, Y Panzera, S Scafiezzo
1Sección Genética Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
Several cytogenetic traits were tested as species diagnostic characters on five triatomine species: Rhodnius pictipes, R. nasutus, R. robustus, Triatoma matogrossensis and T. pseudomaculata. Four of them are described for the first time. The detailed analysis of the meiotic process and the application of C-banding allowed us to identify seven cytogenetic characters which result useful to characterize and differentiate triatomine species.