@article{fdi:010078058,
  title = {{C}hagas vectors {P}anstrongylus chinai ({D}el {P}onte, 1929) and {P}anstrongylus howardi ({N}eiva, 1911) : chromatic forms or true species ?},
  author = {{V}illacis, {A}. {G}. and {D}ujardin, {J}ean-{P}ierre and {P}anzera, {F}. and {Y}umiseva, {C}. {A}. and {P}ita, {S}. and {S}antillan-{G}uayasamin, {S}a and {O}rozco, {M}. {I}. and {M}osquera, {K}. {D}. and {G}rijalva, {M}. {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground{C}hagas disease is a parasitic infection transmitted by "kissing bugs" ({H}emiptera: {R}eduviidae: {T}riatominae) that has a huge economic impact in {L}atin {A}merican countries. {T}he vector species with the upmost epidemiological importance in {E}cuador are {R}hodnius ecuadoriensis ({L}ent & {L}eon, 1958) and {T}riatoma dimidiata ({L}atreille, 1811). {H}owever, other species such as {P}anstrongylus howardi ({N}eiva, 1911) and {P}anstrongylus chinai ({D}el {P}onte, 1929) act as secondary vectors due to their growing adaptation to domestic structures and their ability to transmit the parasite to humans. {T}he latter two taxa are distributed in two different regions, they are allopatric and differ mainly by their general color. {T}heir relative morphological similarity led some authors to suspect that {P}. chinai is a melanic form of {P}. howardi.{M}ethods{T}he present study explored this question using different approaches: antennal phenotype; geometric morphometrics of heads, wings and eggs; cytogenetics; molecular genetics; experimental crosses; and ecological niche modeling.{R}esults{T}he antennal morphology, geometric morphometrics of head and wing shape and cytogenetic analysis were unable to show distinct differences between the two taxa. {H}owever, geometric morphometrics of the eggs, molecular genetics, ecological niche modeling and experimental crosses including chromosomal analyses of the {F}1 hybrids, in addition to their coloration and current distribution support the hypothesis that {P}. chinai and {P}. howardi are separate species.{C}onclusions{B}ased on the evidence provided here, {P}. howardi and {P}. chinai should not be synonymized. {T}hey represent two valid, closely related species.},
  keywords = {{A}ntennal phenotype ; {E}xperimental hybridization ; {E}cological niche modeling ; {G}eometric morphometry ; {P}anstrongylus ; {T}riatominae ; {E}cuador ; {EQUATEUR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasites and {V}ectors},
  volume = {13},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {[21 p.]},
  ISSN = {1756-3305},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1186/s13071-020-04097-z},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078058},
}