Eratyrus

Eratyrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Triatominae
Genus:	Eratyrus; Stål, 1859

The genus Eratyrus belongs to the assassin bug subfamily Triatominae.[1] There are two species in this genus; both are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi:

Eratyrus cuspidatus (Stål, 1859)[2]
Eratyrus mucronatus (Stål, 1859)[3]

References

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.
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.
Dujardin 2000, pp. 30, 160

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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 2000, pp. 30, 160