Biological aspects of crosses between Triatoma maculata (Erichson, 1848) and Triatoma pseudomaculata Corrêa & Espínola, 1964 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Due to morphological similarities between Triatoma maculata and T. pseudomaculata, which comprise the "maculate complex", both had been regarded as the same species until 1964. Considering that the studies on triatomine hybridization permit hypotheses formulation concerning origin and dive...

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Main Authors: Carlota Josefovicz Belisário, Grasielle Caldas D'Ávila Pessoa, Liléia Diotaiuti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2007-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762007000400014