Triatoma infestans and other Triatomines - Literature List

The literature in this list should give a fair picture of what is currently known on the biology of Triatoma infestans and other Triatomine bugs. It focuses on their ecology, behavior, sensory physiology, and their role as vectors of Chagas disease. The list is not complete and constantly under construction. Latest additions to the list are marked.

• Baldwin W.F., Knight A.G. & Lynn K.R. (1971) A sex pheromone in the insect Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). The Canadian Entomologist 103: 18-22.
• Bernard J. (1974) Etudes électrophysiologique de récepteur impliqués dans l'orientation vers l'hôte et dans l'acte hématophage chez un Hémiptère: Triatoma infestans. PhD Thesis, Université Rennes, France.
• Brenner R.R. & Stoka A.M. (eds.) (1987a) Chagas' disease vectors. Volume I. Taxonomic, ecological, and epidemiological aspects. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 155 pp.
• Brenner R.R & Stoka A.M. (eds.) (1987b) Chagas' disease vectors. Volume II. Anatomic and physiological aspects. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 136 pp.
• Brenner R.R. & Stoka A.M. (eds.) (1987c) Chagas' disease vectors. Volume III. Biochemical aspects and control. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 156 pp.
• de Brito-Sanchez M.G., Manrique G. & LazzariC.R. (1995) Existence of a sex pheromone in Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). 2. Electrophysiological evidence. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 90: 649-651.
• Carcavallo R.U (1987) The subfamily Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae): systematics and some ecological factors. In: Brenner R.R. & Stoka A.M. (eds.) (1987) Chagas' disease vectors. Volume I. Taxonomic, ecological, and epidemiological aspects. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 1-19.
• de Carvalho H.F. & de Campos Vidal B. (1996) Polarized microscopy study of an antennal sensillum of Triatoma infestans: am ordered distribution of chitin fibrils and associated components. Comptes Rendus de la Academie Sciences Paris, Sciences de la vie / Life sciences 319: 33-38.
• Cruz Lopez L., Malo E.A. & Rojas J. (1993) Aggregation pheromone in five species of Traitominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 88: 535-539.
• Flores G.B. & Lazzari C.R. (1996) The role of the antennae in Triatoma infestans: orientation towards thermal sources. Journal of Insect Physiology 42: 433-440.
• Fournet A., Rojas de Arias A., Charles B. & Bruneton J. (1996) Chemical constituents of essential oils of Muña, Bolivian plants traditionally used as pesticides, and their insecticidal proerties against Chagas' disease vectors. Journal of Ethno-Pharmacology 52: 145-149.
• Gorla D.E. (1992) Population dynamics and control of Triatoma infestans. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 6: 91-97.
• Guerenstein P.G. & Núñez (1994) Feeding response of the haematophagous bugs Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma infestans to saline solutions: a comparative study. Journal of Insect Physiology 40: 747-752.
• Guerenstein P.G., Lorenzo M.G., Núñez J.A. & Lazzari C.R. (1995) Bakers yeast, an attractant for baiting traps for Chagas' disease vectors. Experientia 51: 834-837.
• Hase A. (1932) Beobachtungen an venezolanischen Triatoma-Arten, sowie zur allgemeinen Kenntnis der Familie der Triatomidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 4: 585-652.
• Kettle D.S. (ed.) (1995) Blood-sucking Hemiptera (Bugs). In: Kettle D.S. (ed) Medical and veterinary entomology. 2nd edition. CAB International, Wallingford. 344-360.
• Lazzari C.R. (1994) Sensory ecology of Triatominae: modification of vectors' behaviour. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 89: 22-23.
• Lazzari C.R. & Núñez J.A. (1989) The response to radiant heat and the estimation of the temperature of distant sources in Triatoma infestans. Journal of Insect Physiology 35: 525-529.
• Lazzari C.R. & Varju D. (1990) Visual lateral fixation and tracking in the hematophagous bug Triatoma infestans. Journal of Comparative Physiology A - Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 167: 527-532.
• Lazzari C.R. & Wicklein M. (1994) The cave-like sense organ in the antennae of Triatominae bugs. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 89: 643-648.
• Lehane M.J., McEwen P.K., Whitaker C.J. & Schofield C.J. (1992) The role of temperature and nutritional status in flight initiation by Triatoma infestans. Acta Tropica 52: 27-38.
• Lent H. & Wygodzinsky P. (1979) Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 163: 123-520.
• Lorenzo Figueiras A.N., Keningsten A. & Lazzari C.R. (1994) Aggregation in the hematophagous bug Triatoma infeastans: chemical signals and temporal pattern. Journal of Insect Physiology 49: 311-316.
• Manrique G. & Lazzari C.R. (1994) Sexual behaviour and stridulation during mating in Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 89: 629-633.
• Manrique G. & Lazzari C.R. (1995) Existence of a sex pheromone in Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). 1. Behavioural evidence. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 90: 645-648.
• Mayer M.S. (1968) Response of single olfactory cell of Triatoma infestans to human breath. Nature 220: 924-925.
• McEwen P.K. (1994) A comparison of the diurnal flight pattern of two triatomine bugs Triatoma infestans and Triatoma sordita (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 67: 453-455.
• Nicolle P. & Mathis M. (1941) Le thermotropisme, facteur déterminant primordial pur la piqure de Réduvidés hématophages. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie et ses Filiales 135: 28-30.
• Núñez J.A. (1982) Food source orientation and activity in Rhodnius prolixus Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Bulletin of entomological Research 72: 253-262.
• Pung O.J., Banks C.W., Jones D.N. & Krissinger M.W. (1995) Trypanosoma cruzi in wild racoons, opossums, and Triatomine bugs in southeast Georgia, USA. Journal of Parasitology 81: 324-326.
• Rose A.M. & Boeckh J. (1996a) Host-finding of the bloodsucking bug Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a vector of Chagas' disease: Observations under conditions resembling the natural environment. In: Wildey K.B. (ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Insect Pests in the Urban Environement. BPC Wheatons, Exeter. 612.
• Rose A.M. & Boeckh J. (1996b) Host-finding of the bloodsucking bug Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a vectors of Chagas' disease: an olfactometer study. In: Proceedings of the XX International Congress of Entomology. Florence. 768.
• Rose A.M. (1998) Investigations into the host finding of a blood sucking bug from South America: Triatoma infestans (Klug) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a vector of Chagas disease. PhD Thesis, Universität Regensburg, Germany.
• Rose A.M. & Boeckh J. (1998) The effect of host stimuli on the host finding behaviour of the blood sucking bug Tiatoma infestans (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), under quasi-natural conditions. In: Brunnhofer V. & Soldán T. (eds) Book of Abstracts, VI^th European Congress of Entomology. Ceské Budejovice. 680-681.
• Schofield C.J. (1979) The behaviour of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): a review. Bulletin of Entomological Research 69: 363-379.
• Schofield C.J. (1994) Triatominae. Biology & Control. Eurocommunica Publications, Bognor Regis, West Sussex. 76 pp.
• Schofield C.J. & Dolling W.R. (1993) Bedbugs and kissing-bugs (blood-sucking Hemiptera). In: Lane R.P. & Crosskey R.W. (eds) Medical Insects and Arachnids. Chapman & Hall, London. 483-516.
• Schweigmann N., Vallvé S., Muscio O, Ghillini M., Alberti A. & Wisnivesky-Colli C. (1988) Dispersal flight by Triatoma infestans in an arid area of Argentina. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 2: 401-404.
• Taneja J & Guerin PM (1995) Oriented responses of the triatomine bugs Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma infestans to vertebrate host odours on a servosphere. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 176: 455-464.
• Taneja J & Guerin PM (1997) Ammonia attracts the haematophagous bug Triatoma infestans: behavioural and neurophysiological data on nymphs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 181: 21-34.
• Tonn R.J. (1988) Review of recent publications on the ecology, biology and control of vectors of Chagas' Disease. Revista Argentina de Microbiologia 20: 4-24.
• Torres-Estrada LJ & Martinez-Iberra JA (1993) Sitos de resposo intradomiciliarios de ninfas de quinto estadio de Triatoma gerstaeckeri Stål en laboratorio y campo. Southwestern Entomologist 18: 45-49.
• Wiesinger D. (1956) Die Bedeutung der Umweltfaktoren für den Saugakt von Triatoma infestans. Acta Tropica 13: 120-139.
• Wiggelworth V.B. & Gillet J.D. (1943) The function of the antennae in Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera) and the mechanism of orientation to the host. Journal of Experimental Biology 11: 120-139.

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