Do not judge a book by its cover: would Triatoma tibiamaculata (Pinto, 1926) belong to Triatoma Laporte, 1832, or to Panstrongylus Berg, 1879, with misleading homoplasies?

Isadora Freitas BittinelliJader de OliveiraYago Visinho Dos ReisAmanda RavaziFernanda Fernandez MadeiraAna Beatriz Bortolozo de OliveiraGiulia MontanariAna Julia Chaves GomesLaura Poloto CesarettoIsabella da Silva MassarinCleber GalvãoMaria Tercília Vilela de Azeredo-OliveiraJoão Aristeu da RosaKaio Cesar Chaboli Alevi

Published in: Parasites & vectors (2022)

Based on chromosomal and phylogenetic characteristics, we state that P. tibiamaculatus comb. nov. belongs to the genus Panstrongylus and that the morphological features shared with Triatoma spp. represent homoplasies.

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trypanosoma cruzi
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genome wide