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Triatoma indictiva

Triatoma indictiva

Classification

Class
Insecta

Triatoma indictiva is an arthropod in the assassin bug family of Reduviidae, and is an important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi. T. cruzi is the protozoan that causes Chagas Disease, which affects approximately eight million people a year in the western hemisphere alone.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 27