Feeding behaviour of Belminus ferroae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a predaceous Triatominae colonizing rural houses in Norte de Santander, Colombia

dc.creatorSandoval, C. M.
dc.creatorOrtiz, N.
dc.creatorJaimes, D.
dc.creatorLorosa, Elias
dc.creatorGalvão, Cleber F.
dc.creatorRodriguez, O.
dc.creatorScorza, J. V.
dc.creatorGutiérrez, R.
dc.date2018-01-11T15:41:08Z
dc.date2018-01-11T15:41:08Z
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T22:39:52Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T22:39:52Z
dc.identifierSANDOVAL, C. M. et al. Feeding behaviour of Belminus ferroae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a predaceous Triatominae colonizing rural houses in Norte de Santander, Colombia. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, v. 24, p.124–131, 2010.
dc.identifier0269-283X
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/23902
dc.identifier10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00868.x
dc.identifier1365-2915
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8881658
dc.descriptionBelminus ferroae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) was collected from houses in the localities of San Alberto and Santa Catalina in the municipality of Toledo, Department of Norte de Santander, Colombia. Precipitin tests revealed that the main hosts of B. ferroae are insects belonging to the order Blattodea, whose haemolymph serves as food (89.43%). A low rate of haematophagy was indicated on rodents, dogs and humans (7.32%) and no natural infection with Trypanosoma cruzi was found by either microscopic examination or polymerase chain reaction. The finding of B. ferroae inside houses, feeding primarily on Blattodea with only a minor tendency to feed on vertebrate blood, is indicative of both the evolutionary path from predator to blood-sucker taken by Triatominae and their tendency to adapt from silvatic to domestic habitats.
dc.description2030-01-01
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsrestricted access
dc.subjectBelminus ferroae
dc.subjectTriatominae
dc.subjectPredação
dc.subjecthemolinfagia
dc.subjectColombia
dc.subjectHemíptrera
dc.subjectBelminus ferroae
dc.subjectBelminus
dc.subjecthaemolymphagy
dc.subjectpredation
dc.subjectTriatominae
dc.subjectColombia
dc.titleFeeding behaviour of Belminus ferroae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a predaceous Triatominae colonizing rural houses in Norte de Santander, Colombia
dc.typeArticle


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