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10 December 2021 Chemotaxonomy of Five South American Species of the Triatoma genus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Based on Their Cuticle Hydrocarbon Pattern
Débora E. Moriconi, Catarina Macedo-Lopes, Adriana Sartorio, M. Patricia Juárez, Juan R. Girotti, Gustavo M. Calderón-Fernández
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Abstract

The Triatoma sordida subcomplex traditionally included four triatomine species, T. sordida, Triatoma garciabesi, Triatoma guasayana, and Triatoma patagonica, distributed in the Southern Cone of South America. These species have a large intraspecific variability together with an overall similarity, making difficult to establish their taxonomic status. Many cytogenetic, morphometric, and molecular markers have been applied to address this. Recent studies have posed concerns on the inclusion of T. guasayana and T. patagonica within the subcomplex. Also, T. sordida from Argentina has been designed as a new species, Triatoma rosai. Using the cuticular hydrocarbon pattern as chemotaxonomic marker, the relationships among several populations of these species were analyzed by capillary gas chromatography and linear discriminant analysis along 25 collection sites in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. T. sordida and T. rosai populations were differentially clustered in two CHC-based groups: “Group 1” included T. sordida from Eastern Brazil, Eastern Paraguay, and the Bolivian populations from La Paz and Izozog G1; “Group 2” included T. rosai, and T. sordida from Izozog G2 (Bolivia), and Western Paraguay. Whereas T. garciabesi remained closely related to T. sordida and T. rosai, T. guasayana, and T. patagonica were clearly separated from the species of the T. sordida subcomplex. Our results agree with those from other several techniques suggesting that the taxonomy of the T. sordida subcomplex should be revised.

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Débora E. Moriconi, Catarina Macedo-Lopes, Adriana Sartorio, M. Patricia Juárez, Juan R. Girotti, and Gustavo M. Calderón-Fernández "Chemotaxonomy of Five South American Species of the Triatoma genus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Based on Their Cuticle Hydrocarbon Pattern," Journal of Medical Entomology 59(2), 554-564, (10 December 2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab199
Received: 8 July 2021; Accepted: 4 November 2021; Published: 10 December 2021
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KEYWORDS
capillary gas chromatography
Chagas disease
discriminant analysis
insect hydrocarbon
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