Triatoma pallidipennis
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| Triatoma pallidipennis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Genus: | Triatoma |
| Species: | T. pallidipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Triatoma pallidipennis Stål, 1872 | |
Triatoma pallidipennis is a species of assassin bug that belongs to the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). It is widely distributed in Mexico. It is a major vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasitic euglenoid which causes Chagas disease.[1][2]
It seems that the immune response of T. pallidipennis against bacterial species like E. coli is enhanced by feeding off of mammalian blood. It may influence the capacity for transmitting T. cruzi.[2]