Eratyrus
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| Eratyrus | |
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| Eratyrus cuspidatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Triatominae |
| Tribe: | Triatomini |
| Genus: | Eratyrus Stål, 1859 |
Eratyrus is a genus of insects belonging to the assassin bug subfamily Triatominae.[1]
This genus has a wide distribution throughout central and northern South America and Central America.
There are two species in this genus; both are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi:
- Eratyrus cuspidatus (Stål, 1859)[2]
- Eratyrus mucronatus (Stål, 1859)[3]