Panstrongylus

Panstrongylus
Panstrongylus geniculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Triatominae
Tribe:	Triatomini
Genus:	Panstrongylus Berg, 1879 [1]
Species
See text.

Panstrongylus is a genus of insects ^[2] that belongs to the subfamily Triatominae. ^[3] Its members are found from Mexico into South America. ^[3]

Species

• Panstrongylus chinai (Del Ponte, 1929) (Tc) ^[4]
• Panstrongylus diasi Pinto & Lent, 1946
• Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille 1811) (Tc)
• Panstrongylus guentheri Berg, 1879 (Tc)
• Panstrongylus howardi (Neiva, 1911) (Tc) ^[4] (endemic to Ecuador) ^[5]
• Panstrongylus humeralis (Usinger, 1939) (Tc)
• Panstrongylus lenti Galvão & Palma, 1968
• Panstrongylus lignarius (Walker, 1873) (Tc) ^[4]
• Panstrongylus lutzi (Neiva & Pinto, 1923b) (Tc)
• Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister, 1835) (Tc) ^[6]
• Panstrongylus mitarakaensis (Bérenger & Blanchet, 2007)
• Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) (Tc) ^[4]
• Panstrongylus tupynambai Lent, 1942 (Tc)

(Tc) means associated with Trypanosoma cruzi

References

1. "Panstrongylus Berg, 1879". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
2. Berg, Cárlos (1879). "Hemiptera Argentina. (Continuacion.)". Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina. 7: 262–278. Retrieved 12 March 2025– via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. Tineo-González, Evelyn; Fermín, Rossy; Bonilla-Rivero, Ana; Herrera, Leidi (2023). Beatty, Norman; Forsyth, Colin; Cantillo-Barraza, Omar (eds.). "Geographic Distribution of the Genus Panstrongylus Berg, 1879 in the Neotropic with Emphasis on Trypanosoma cruzi Vectors". Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 8 (5) 272. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8050272 . PMC   10223185 . PMID   37235320.
4. Villacís, Anita G.; Dujardin, Jean-Pierre; Panzera, Francisco; Yumiseva, César A.; Pita, Sebastián; Santillán-Guayasamín, Soledad; Orozco, Marco I.; Mosquera, Katherine D.; Grijalva, Mario J. (6 May 2020). "Chagas vectors Panstrongylus chinai (Del Ponte, 1929) and Panstrongylus howardi (Neiva, 1911): chromatic forms or true species?". Parasites & Vectors. 13 (1): 226. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04097-z . ISSN   1756-3305. PMC   7201598 . PMID   32375868.
5. Villacís, Anita G.; Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofía; Lascano, Mauricio S.; Yumiseva, César A.; Baus, Esteban G.; Grijalva, Mario J. (7 January 2015). "Abundance, Natural Infection with Trypanosomes, and Food Source of an Endemic Species of Triatomine, Panstrongylus howardi (Neiva 1911), on the Ecuadorian Central Coast". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 92 (1): 187–192. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.14-0250. ISSN   0002-9637. PMC   4347378 . PMID   25385867.
6. Canavoso, Lilián E; Frede, Silvia; Rubiolo, Edilberto R (1 August 2004). "Metabolic pathways for dietary lipids in the midgut of hematophagous Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)" . Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 34 (8): 845–854. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.05.008. ISSN   0965-1748. PMID   15262288.