Dujardin Jean-Pierre auteur aut IRD Forgues G. auteur aut IRD Torrez M. auteur aut IRD Martinez E. auteur aut IRD Cordoba C. auteur aut IRD Gianella A. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access The trend to domesticity in Triatominae may represent a transitionary phase towards increasing vectorial importance in the transmission of Chagas disease to humans, and requires sustained entomological surveillance. Although generally considered a sylvatic species, Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus has been recently captured inside human dwellings in the provinces of Nor Yungas and Munecas in the Department of La Paz, Bolivia, providing evidence of this species' ability to colonise domestic habitats. The results of previous research on domestic and sylvatic specimens of other species of Triatominae indicate that morphometrics could be used to monitor this adaptive process. The most likely cause of differences seen in the size and shape of bugs from domestic colonies of P. rufotuberculatus from two neighbouring villages in Bolivia is probably genetic drift rather than environmental influences. Comparison with allopatric sylvatic specimens, including the holotype of P. rufotuberculatus, showed a general reduction in size from sylvatic to domestic specimens. (Résumé d'auteur) specialized ENTOMOLOGIE MEDICALE MALADIE DE CHAGAS VECTEUR TAXONOMIE REPARTITION GEOGRAPHIQUE MODIFICATION GENETIQUE TRIATOME MORPHOMETRIE ESPECE FORESTIERE ESPECE DOMESTIQUE BOLIVIE 052GLOTRY01 92 2 219-228 1998 0003-4983 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010013507 10.1080/00034989860076 0003-4983 [F B010013507] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010013507 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/b_fdi_49-50/010013507.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 1998-04-29 2020-08-03 fdi:010013507 fre