Key-catalogue of insects of importance in public health / by C.W. Stiles and Albert Hassall.

  • Charles Wardell Stiles
Date:
[1928]
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Credit: Key-catalogue of insects of importance in public health / by C.W. Stiles and Albert Hassall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    brasilieiisis Pinto, 1923, Brazil med., Feb., 73: Triatoma.-—Vector of j95 Schizotrypanum cruzi.—Rio Grande do Norte*, Brazil. chagasi Brumpt & Gomez, 1914, Ann. Paul. Med. Cirurg., Ill [nv]: Tria¬ toma.—Vector of f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi. dimidiata Latr. in Humb., 1811, 149, pi. 15, fig. 11: Triatoma; Reduvius1.— Transmits f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi; bites man.—Peru*, C. and S. America. [“diminuata L.” for ? dimidiata.] geniculata Latr. in Humb., 1811, 115, pi. 15, fig. 12 [Reduvius1]: Triatoma; Conorhinus0. Bites man. Reported as vector of f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi.—Peru*, S. America. *gerstaeckeri St&l, 1859, Berlin, ent. Zeit., v. 3, 111 [Conorhinus0]: Triatoma.— Vector of f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi.—Texas*. infestans Klug, 1834 [nv]: Triatoma; Conorhinus0.—Vinchuca, Barbeiro, fincao, chupao. Bites man. Frequently harbors f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi.—S. America; Argentine; Brazil; Chile; Bolivia; Paraguay. maculata Erichson [nv]: Triatoma.—Bites man.—S. America. maculipennis8 [nv]: Triat+ma.—Vector of |95 Schizotrypanum cruzi.—So. dimidiata. megista Burm., 1839, Handb. Ent., v. 2, 246 [Conorhinus0]: Triatoma; fl 147 Lamus, q. v.—Bites man. “Chief vector” of f95 Schizotry¬ panum cruzi in Brazil, remains indefinitely infectious.—Brazil*. nigrovarius [nv]: Conorhinus.—Bites.—“Bichugue” of S. America. *protracta Uhler, 1894, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 284 [Conorhinus0]: Triatoma.— Beds.—Bites.—Utah; Mexico; Calif*. renggeri Herrich-Schaeff., 1848, 838 [nv]: Conorhinus.—Bites man.— “Black-bug of Pampas.”—S. America. rubrojasciata de Geer, 1773, Mem. Hist. Ins., v. 3, 349, pi. 35, fig. 12 [Cimex1]: Triatoma; Conorhinus0.—Bite severe.—Harbors (experimentally) f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi.—Suspected vector of f88 Leishmania donovani, but experiments (Patton, 1912) negative.—Called “punaise maupin” or “morpin” by natives of Mauritius, because the French governor Maupin was bitten by it and developed anthrax.—Neotropical; Mada¬ gascar; Africa; Philippines; Asia; Brazil. rubrovaria Blanch., 1843 [nv]: Triatoma.—Bites man.—S. America; Java.— Vector of |95 Schizotrypanum cruzi. *sanguisuga Leconte, 1855, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 404 [Conorhinus0]: Triatoma.—Cone-nosed blood-sucking bug. Mexican bed-bug, Kissing- bug.—Bites. Sucks blood of man, attacks bed-bugs, etc.; symptoms alleged to last for months in some cases, and even death alleged to occur. Harbors (experimentally) f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi.—N. Amer¬ ica; Md. to Ill. sordida St&l, 1859, Berlin, ent. Zeit., v. 3, 108 [Conorhinus0]: Triatoma.— Bites man.—Brazil*.—Vector of f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi. *variegata Drury, 1770, Nat. Hist. Exot. Ins., v. 1, 109, pi. 45, fig. 5 [Cimex *]: Triatoma; Conorhinus0.—S. E. U. S. A.; Ga.; Ill.; Texas; Calif.; Fla. vitticeps St&l, 1859, Berlin, ent. Zeit., v. 3, 109 [Conorhinus0]: Triatoma.—• Vector of f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi.—Rio de Janeiro*, Brazil. 1154 (1142A). Vescia St&l, 1865, Hemipt. afr., v. 3, 123, type? minima Fracker & Bruner, 1924, Ann. Ent. Soc. Wash., v. 17, 166: Vescia.— Sucks blood.—Amazonia; Brazil*. 1155 (1125A). Pyrrhocoridae. See fl 156. fll56 (1157). Dysdercus Boisduval, “1835,” Voy. Astrolabe, (2), 640, con¬ tains 3 sp. (decussatus, oceanicus, pyrochroa), (Astemma quoted as syn.)t