Artículos de revistas
Feeding and defaecation behaviour of Triatoma patagonica (Del Ponte, 1929) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Fecha
2002-12Registro en:
Nattero, Julieta; Crocco, Liliana Beatriz; Rodriguez, Claudia Susana; Feeding and defaecation behaviour of Triatoma patagonica (Del Ponte, 1929) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; 97; 7; 12-2002; 1063-1065
0074-0276
1678-8060
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Nattero, Julieta
Crocco, Liliana Beatriz
Rodriguez, Claudia Susana
Resumen
Among the vectors of Chagas disease, Triatoma patagonica is a species in the process of adaptation to the human environment being recently registered in urban and suburban zones. However, its importance as a vector of Chagas disease is unknown. The aim of this work was to evaluate two aspects of vectorial competence: the feeding behaviour and the defaecation pattern. These processes were studied in females of T. patagonica fed ad libitum on a restrained pigeon. The results showed that the blood meal size was negatively correlated with the time of first defaecation (r = -0.42). The first defaecation was emitted before the first 10 min and defaecations during feeding were frequent. A total of 73% of females, defaecated during the first 30 min post-feeding. These results suggest that if this species subsequently colonizes the domicile, it would be capable of transmitting Trypanosoma cruzi.