Detailed Record for Triatoma infestans

Common Name: Kissing bug ("non-Andean population")

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Hemiptera / Sub Order Heteroptera / Family Reduviidae / Genus Triatoma

C-value (pg): 1.50

Chromosome Number (2n): 44

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Testes

Standard Species: Homo sapiens = 3.50pg

References:
Bargues, M.D., D.R. Klisiowicz, F. Panzera, F. Noireau, A. Marcilla, R. Perez, M.G. Rojas, J.E. O'Connor, F. Gonzalez-Candelas, C. Galvao, J. Jurberg, R.U. Carcavallo, J.P. Dujardin, and S. Mas-Coma (2006). Origin and phylogeography of the Chagas disease main vector Triatoma infestans based on nuclear rDNA sequences and genome size. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 6: 46-62.

Other records available for this species:

Triatoma infestans = 1.03 (pg)
Triatoma infestans = 1.44 (pg)
Triatoma infestans = 1.70 (pg)
Triatoma infestans = 1.98 (pg)

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