Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biogeography of the Rhodniini Tribe (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Hernández, Carolina; Aristeu da Rosa, João; Vallejo, Gustavo A.; Guhl, Felipe; Ramírez, Juan David

doi:10.3390/d12030097

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Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biogeography of the Rhodniini Tribe (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

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Carolina Hernández

¹

,

João Aristeu da Rosa

²,

Gustavo A. Vallejo

³

,

Felipe Guhl

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and

Juan David Ramírez

^1,*

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Grupo de Investigaciones Microbiológicas-UR (GIMUR), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá 111211, Colombia

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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Araraquara, Sao Paulo 01000, Brazil

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Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Parasitología Tropical (LIPT), Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué 730001, Colombia

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Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical (CIMPAT), Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 111711, Colombia

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Diversity 2020, 12(3), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12030097

Submission received: 27 January 2020 / Revised: 2 March 2020 / Accepted: 4 March 2020 / Published: 11 March 2020

(This article belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)

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The Triatominae subfamily includes 151 extant and three fossil species. Several species can transmit the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, significantly impacting public health in Latin American countries. The Triatominae can be classified into five tribes, of which the Rhodniini is very important because of its large vector capacity and wide geographical distribution. The Rhodniini tribe comprises 23 (without R. taquarussuensis) species and although several studies have addressed their taxonomy using morphological, morphometric, cytogenetic, and molecular techniques, their evolutionary relationships remain unclear, resulting in inconsistencies at the classification level. Conflicting hypotheses have been proposed regarding the origin, diversification, and identification of these species in Latin America, muddying our understanding of their dispersion and current geographic distribution. Clarifying these factors can help for the design of vector control strategies. The aim of this review is to depict the different approaches used for taxonomy of the Rhodniini and to shed light on their evolution and biogeography.

Keywords: Triatominae; Chagas Disease; Rhodnius; Psammolestes; evolution; taxonomy; Rhodniini; biogeography

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Hernández, C.; Aristeu da Rosa, J.; Vallejo, G.A.; Guhl, F.; Ramírez, J.D. Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biogeography of the Rhodniini Tribe (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Diversity 2020, 12, 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12030097

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Hernández C, Aristeu da Rosa J, Vallejo GA, Guhl F, Ramírez JD. Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biogeography of the Rhodniini Tribe (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Diversity. 2020; 12(3):97. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12030097

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Hernández, Carolina, João Aristeu da Rosa, Gustavo A. Vallejo, Felipe Guhl, and Juan David Ramírez. 2020. "Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biogeography of the Rhodniini Tribe (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)" Diversity 12, no. 3: 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12030097

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Hernández, C., Aristeu da Rosa, J., Vallejo, G. A., Guhl, F., & Ramírez, J. D. (2020). Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biogeography of the Rhodniini Tribe (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Diversity, 12(3), 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12030097

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