Chagas Bugs 1
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| Triatoma dimidiata is a blood sucking conenose or kissing bug that transmits Chagas disease (also called American trypanosomiasis) caused by a flagellate protozoan or trypanosome (Trypanosoma cruzi). This vector is found in Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. | Another Triatoma dimidiata blood sucking conenose or kissing bug. | Triatoma infestans is another blood sucking conenose or kissing bug that transmits Chagas disease. This vector is found throughout southern and central South America. |
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| Triatoma pallidipennis is yet another blood sucking conenose or kissing bug that transmits Chagas disease. This is an important vector in rural Mexico. | Another Triatoma pallidipennis. | Triatoma sanguisuga (Reduviidae: Hemiptera) is a blood sucking conenose or kissing bug that transmits Chagas disease. This species is found in much of the southern, eastern, and central United States. |
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| Another Triatoma sanguisuga. | Triatoma sordida (Reduviidae: Hemiptera) is another blood sucking conenose or kissing bug that transmits Chagas disease (also called American trypanosomiasis). This species is found in South America including Argentina and Bolivia. | Another Triatoma sordida. |
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