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Triatoma

Triatoma is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Triatoma rather than just read about it. In short: Triatoma is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of Triatoma (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease.

Key takeaways

Triatoma belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Triatoma to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Triatoma from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Triatoma is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of Triatoma (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliva may also trigger allergic reactions in sensitive individuals, up to and including severe anaphylactic shock.

Species These are species according to reliable sources. While most species are found in the New World, a few are known from the Old World. NOTE: The designation (Tc) signifies that the species is associated with Trypanosoma cruzi.

Triatoma amicitiae Lent, 1951 Triatoma arthurneivai Lent & Martins, 1940 Triatoma bahiensis Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 Triatoma baratai Carcavallo & Jurberg, 2000 Triatoma barberi Usinger, 1939 Triatoma bolivari Carcavallo, Martínez & Pelaez, 1984 Triatoma boliviana Avendaño, 2007 Triatoma bouvieri Larrousse, 1924 Triatoma brailovskyi Martínez, Carcavallo & Pelaez, 1984 Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911 Triatoma breyeri Del Ponte, 1929, possible synonym of Mepraia breyeri Triatoma carcavalloi Jurberg, Rocha & Lent, 1998 Triatoma carrioni Larrousse, 1926 Triatoma cavernicola Else & Cheong, 1977 Triatoma circummaculata (Stål, 1859) Triatoma costalimai Verano & Galvão, 1959 Triatoma deaneorum Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1967 Triatoma delpontei Romaña & Abalos, 1947 Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811) (Tc) [important vector in parts of Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Ecuador]. Triatoma dispar Lent, 1950 Triatoma garciabesi Carcavallo, 1967 Triatoma gerstaeckeri (Stål, 1859) Triatoma gomeznunezi Martínez, Carcavallo & Jurberg, 1994 Triatoma guasayana Wygodzinsky & Abalos, 1949 Triatoma guazu Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979 Triatoma hegneri Mazzotti, 1940 Triatoma huehuetenanguensis Lima-Cordón, 2019 (Tc) Triatoma incrassata Usinger, 1939 Triatoma indictiva Neiva, 1912 Triatoma infestans (Klug, 1834) Triatoma jatai Gonçalves, 2013 Triatoma juazeirensis Costa & Felix, 2007 Triatoma jurbergi Carcavallo, Galvão & Lent, 1998 Triatoma klugi Carcavallo, Jurberg, Lent & Galvão, 2001 Triatoma lecticularia (Stål, 1859) Triatoma lenti Sherlock & Serafim, 1967 Triatoma leopoldi (Schouteden, 1933) Triatoma limai Del Ponte, 1929 Triatoma maculata (Erichson, 1848) Triatoma matogrossensis Leite & Barbosa, 1953 Triatoma melanocephala Neiva & Pinto, 1923 Triatoma mexicana (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1848) Triatoma migrans Breddin, 1903 Triatoma mopan Dorn, 2018 (Tc) Triatoma neotomae Neiva, 1911 Triatoma nigromaculata (Stål, 1872) Triatoma nitida Usinger, 1939 Triatoma oliveirai (Neiva, Pinto & Lent, 1939) Triatoma pallidipennis Stål, 1872 (Tc) Triatoma patagonica Del Ponte, 1929 Triatoma peninsularis Usinger, 1940 Triatoma petrochiae Pinto & Barreto, 1925 Triatoma pintodiasi Jurberg, Cunha & Rocha, 2013 Triatoma platensis Neiva, 1913 Triatoma protracta (Uhler, 1894) (western conenose) Triatoma pseudomaculata Correa & Espínola, 1964 Triatoma pugasi Lent, 1953 Triatoma recurva (Stål, 1868) Triatoma rubida (Uhler, 1894) Triatoma rubrofasciata (De Geer, 1773) Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) Triatoma ryckmani Zeledón & Ponce, 1972 Triatoma sanguisuga (Leconte, 1856) (eastern blood-sucking conenose) Triatoma sherlocki Papa, Jurberg, Carcavallo, Cerqueira & Barata, 2002 Triatoma sinaloensis Ryckman, 1962 Triatoma sinica Hsiao, 1965 Triatoma sordida (Stal, 1859) Triatoma tibiamaculata (Pinto, 1926) Triatoma vandae Carcavallo, Jurberg, Rocha, Galvão, Noireau & Lent, 2002 Triatoma venosa (Stal, 1872) Triatoma vitticeps (Stål, 1859) Triatoma williami Galvão, Souza & Lima, 1965 Triatoma wygodzinskyi Lent, 1951 Fossil taxa:

†Triatoma dominicana Poinar, 2005

References

External links Information on Triatoma infestans and other members of Triatominae, by Andreas Rose ECLAT, European Community Latin American Network for Research on the Biology and Control of Triatominae more external links see: Triatominae

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Triatoma

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Triatoma claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Triatoma before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Triatoma ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Triatoma

In research: Triatoma appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Triatoma in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Triatoma is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Insect vectors of human pathogens, Reduviidae, Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Triatoma outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Triatoma in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Triatoma means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Triatoma out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Triatoma in simple terms?

Why does Triatoma matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Triatoma?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Triatoma.