Cleptohaematophagy of the Triatomine bug Belminus herreri
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Medical and Veterinary Entomology
- Vol. 14 (1) , 100-101
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00210.x
Abstract
The Triatomine bug Belminus herreri, previously known only from Panama, is reported for the first time from Colombia. Three adult B. herreri were collected from a chicken coop and a viable egg was found on a Bactris palm at Carmen municipality in humid forest zone at 680 m altitude. From 44 eggs produced, five progeny were reared to adulthood. During early instars they were unable to take bloodmeals directly from vertebrate hosts, but they fed successfully by cleptohaematophagy on blood from replete Rhodnius prolixus.Keywords
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