Mepraia

<i>Mepraia</i>

Mepraia

Genus of true bugs


Mepraia is a genus in the subfamily Triatominae, endemic in Chile, and vectors of Chagas disease.

Quick Facts Mepraia, Scientific classification ...

Species[1]

  • Mepraia eratyrusiformis (Del Ponte, 1929)[2]
  • Mepraia gajardoi Frías, Henry & González, 1998
  • Mepraia parapatrica Frías, 2010
  • Mepraia spinolai (Porter, 1934)

References

  1. Faúndez, E. I. & Carvajal, M. A. (2012). "Notas sobre Mepraia gajardoi Frías, Henry & González, 1998 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 50: 495–497. ISSN 1134-6094.
  2. Hypsa, V., Tietz, D.F., Zrzavy, J., Rego, R.O.M., Galvao, C., Jurberg, J., 2002. Phylogeny and biogeography of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): molecular evidence of a new world origin of the Asiatic clade. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 23, 447-457

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Mepraia, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.