Parabelminus
Genus of true bugs
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Parabelminus is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Triatominae. The species of this genus could be found in Brazil, specially in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.[1] It is a vector of Chagas disease.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Triatominae |
| Tribe: | Bolboderini |
| Genus: | Parabelminus |
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Species
This genus has two known species:
- P. carioca Lent, 1943 (Tc)
- P. yurupucu Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979
(Tc) means associated with Trypanosoma cruzi
