Triatoma infestans

Triatoma infestans, commonly called winchuka or vinchuca in Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Chile, barbeiro in Brazil, chipo in Venezuela and also known as "kissing bug" or "barber bug" in English, is a blood-sucking bug (like virtually all the members of its subfamily Triatominae) and the most important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi which can lead to Chagas disease. It is widespread in the Southern Cone countries of South America. This region has joined the control intervention called Southern Cone Initiative managed by the PAHO.

La punaise Triatoma infestans (appelée la vinchuca) est une espèce d’insectes hémiptères piqueurs hématophages d'Amérique du Sud, appartenant à la famille des Reduviidae. C'est un vecteur majeur de la trypanosomiase américaine, ou maladie de Chagas.

Triatoma infestans es un insecto heteróptero de la familia Reduviidae. Es hematófago y considerado uno de los vectores responsables de la transmisión del protozoo Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) que puede ocasionar la enfermedad de Chagas.