@article{fdi:010059021, title = {{P}otential sources of {T}riatoma infestans reinfesting peridomiciles identified by morphological characterization in {L}os {L}lanos, {L}a {R}ioja, {A}rgentina}, author = {{H}ernandez, {M}.{L}. and {D}ujardin, {J}ean-{P}ierre and {G}orla, {D}.{E}. and {C}atala, {S}.{S}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he presence of {T}riatoma infestans in habitats treated with insecticides constitutes a frequent problem in endemic areas. {B}asing our study on the hypothesis that descendants of a residual population should be more similar to the pre-treatment population than to any other, we compared the indications of two quantitative morphological approaches. {T}his study seeks to find the origin of 247 {T}. infestans from three populations found in two chicken coops and a goat corral after treatment with insecticides. {T}he results obtained by quantitative morphology suggest that the {T}. infestans found between three-34 months after the application of insecticides formed mixed populations with insects derived from residual foci and neighbouring habitats. {O}ur analyses also showed the presence of a phenotype which does not resemble neither the pre-treatment phenotype nor the one from neighbouring populations, suggesting the presence of a particular post-treatment phenotype. {T}he heads size showed some variations in males from different populations and remained unchanged in females, which reinforces the hypothesis of an intraspecific competition for food with priority for females. {T}his article presents, for the first time, the combined analysis of geometric morphometry of heads and antennal phenotypes to identify the composition of reinfesting populations.}, keywords = {{T}riatoma infestans ; reinfesting populations ; morphometry ; antennal ; phenotype ; peridomicile ; {ARGENTINE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{M}emorias do {I}nstituto {O}swaldo {C}ruz}, volume = {108}, numero = {1}, pages = {91--97}, ISSN = {0074-0276}, year = {2013}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010059021}, }