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Description and ontogenetic morphometrics of nymphs of Belminus herreri Lent & Wygodzinsky (Hemiptera: Reduviidae, Triatominae)

Descrição e morfometria ontogenética das ninfas de Belminus herreri Lent & Wygodzinsky (Hemiptera: Reduviidae, Triatominae)

For the first time all instars of a species of the genus Belminus are described based on laboratory F1 generation specimens from adults caught in department of Cesar, Colombia. Ontogenetic morphometrics of postembryonic head development was made, suggesting that the greatest changes occur between the 1st and 2nd instars.

Chagas disease; vector; Bolboderini; systematics


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