Research Article
Characterization of the Buccula, Rostrum, Stridulatory Sulcus, Scutellum, and External Female Genitalia of Triatoma carcavalloi (Jurberg, Rocha & Lent, 1998), Triatoma circummaculata (Stål, 1859), and Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)
Table 1
Characterization of the buccula, rostrum, stridulatory sulcus, scutellum, and female genital of Triatoma species studied.
| Species | Structures | | Buccula | Rostrum | Stridulatory sulcus | Scutellum | Female genital |
| T. carcavalloi | U-shaped | Two lateral rifts 1+1 | V-shaped | W-shaped | Smaller curvature (VII sternite and VIII gonocoxite) | T. circummaculata | V-shaped | Two lateral rifts 1+1 | U-shaped | Cordiform | Smaller curvature (VII sternite and VIII gonocoxite) | T. rubrovaria | U-shaped | Two lateral rifts 1+1 | V-shaped | W-shaped | Greater curvature (VII sternite and VIII gonocoxite) | T. costalimai [22] | - | - | - | Cordiform | - | T. delpontei [22] | - | - | - | Cordiform | - | T. infestans [22] | - | - | - | Cordiform | - | T. guazu [30] | U-shaped | - | - | - | - | T. jurbergi [30] | U-shaped | - | - | - | - | T. klugi [32] | U-shaped | Two lateral rifts 1+1 | V-shaped | - | - | T. vandae [22, 32] | U-shaped | Two lateral rifts 1+1 | V-shaped | Cordiform | - | T. williami [32] | U-shaped | Two lateral rifts 1+1 | V-shaped | - | - | T. maculata [33] | - | - | V-shaped | - | - | T. pseudomaculata [33] | - | - | V-shaped | - | - |
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