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Order Hemiptera are commonly called
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True Bugs
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Characteristics of True Bugs
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Piercing sucking mouth parts (proboscis)
Proboscis is jointed 2 pairs of wings conspicuous antennas Incomplete metamorphosis |
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How many hemipteran families have veterinary importance?
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1
Family Reduvidiidae |
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Family Reduviidae is commonly called
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Kissing Bugs, Assassin Bugs, Conenoses
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Family Reduviidae subfamily is
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Triatoma
12 species in the US |
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Characteristics of Subfamily Triatoma
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Feed exclusively on the blood of vertebrates at all stages.
Adults 1 inche in length leaf-shaped, white/red markings, dorsally flattened Live in cracks in walls etc feed at night , nest during day 5 - 12 monhts for development nymphs can survive for months without feeding |
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What Triatoma transmits what important veterinary disease
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Triatoma cruzi Chagas disease
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T. cruzi transmission for dog and humans are
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dogs - ingestion of kissing bug
humans - infected kissing bug defacates into open wound during feeding. |
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Stercorarian transmission
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Through open wound
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