Eratyrus is a genus of insects belonging to the assassin bug subfamily Triatominae.[1]

Eratyrus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Triatominae
Tribe: Triatomini
Genus: Eratyrus
Stål, 1859

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:

References

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  1. ^ Ryckman, Raymond E. (1986). "The Triatominae of South America: A check list with synonymy". Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology. 11 (2): 199–208.
  2. ^ Dujardin, Jean-Pierre; Schofield, Christopher John; Panzera, Francisco (2000). Les vecteurs de la maladie de Chagas: recherches taxonomiques, biologiques et génétiques. Brussel: Koninklijke Academie Voor Overzeese Wetenschappen. p. 116.
  3. ^ Dujardin, Schofield & Panzera 2000, pp. 30, 160