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Rhodnius kissing bug

Rhodnius prolixus

Davart il num: It is called the kissing bug because it tends to feed on the area around victims' mouths.1

Dovra in mediDarar mortal, ma ina morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.

Rujas ed insects

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Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The Rhodnius kissing bug is a blood-feeding insect that feeds on the skin around people's mouths while they sleep. It lives in northern South America and Central America, and it matters because it spreads the parasite that causes Chagas disease.1

Viva en

Northern South America and Central America1

America dal Nord, America dal Sid

Pagina iniziala

Its wild populations are mainly in savanna and foothills, at altitudes of 500 to 1,500 metres, and are closely linked to palm trees. In Central America it lives only in houses and other buildings near people.1

Lunghezza

2 cm (0,8 in)3

grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It feeds on the blood of its hosts, which include birds, rodents, marsupials, sloths and reptiles, as well as people. It takes one large blood meal at each larval stage.1

Foto da Rhodnius kissing bug — Rhodnius kissing bug. Foto: Annika Lindqvist. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Feeds on blood, usually from the area around a sleeping person's mouth1
Lives in palm tree habitats in the wild1
Found in houses in Central America1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

It is the main carrier of the parasite that causes Chagas disease in northern South America, and the only carrier in Central America. The parasite is passed in the bug's faeces straight after a blood meal. People can become infected when they scratch the bite and rub the faeces into it, through a blood transfusion, or by eating food contaminated with the bug's faeces.1

Sch'el morda

Tar pails da rujas che piztgan: auza els davent cun in bindel adesiv, lava lura la pel. Na sfruscha betg.
Tar morsas: lava e sfradenta. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain u sanguinescha facilmain.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiri

Quant grond è Rhodnius kissing bug cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Rhodnius kissing bug circa 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

Its saliva contains lipocalins, which bind the chemical serotonin. This helps stop the host's blood vessels from narrowing while the bug feeds.1

Sir Vincent Wigglesworth used this bug to study insect hormones. He showed that removing the head during a larval stage makes the insect develop into an adult early.1

Specimens from Venezuela escaped from a research laboratory in San Salvador in 1915 and then spread through Central America, probably helped by travellers carrying them.1

Its wild populations have been linked to the transfer of transposons, which are pieces of DNA that move around, between the bug and some of its hosts, such as squirrel monkeys and opossums.1

The insect goes through five larval stages, and each one ends in a moult about 12 to 15 days after a large blood meal.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Rhodnius prolixus
Gruppa: Rujas ed insects
Famiglia: Reduviidae2
Urden: Hemiptera
Continents: America dal Nord, America dal Sid
Privel per umans: 3 / 5: Grav3

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Rhodnius prolixus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Rhodnius prolixus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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