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Rhodnius kissing bug

Rhodnius prolixus
Nípa orúkọ náà: It is called the kissing bug because it tends to feed on the area around victims' mouths.1
Ó nílò dókítàKì í sábà pani, ṣùgbọ́n ìbùjẹ nílò dókítà.
Ìdin labalábá àti kòkòrò ÌbùjẹOúnjẹ rẹ̀: Ẹran
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anÌbùjẹ nílò dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.

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

Ó ń gbé ní
Northern South America and Central America1
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà, Gúúsù Amẹ́ríkà
Ilé
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
Gígùn
2 cm (0.8 in)3
ìtóbi àgbàlagbà déédé
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
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
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Rhodnius kissing bug
Rhodnius kissing bug. Fọ́tò: Annika Lindqvist. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • 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

Agbára oró

Ìbùjẹ

Oró ń jáde láti inú eyín oró tàbí eyín rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó bá bùjẹ.

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anÌbùjẹ nílò dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.

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

Bí ó bá bùjẹ

  • Fún irun ìdin labalábá tó ń ta ni: fi téèpù aláléẹ̀mọ́ gbé wọn kúrò, lẹ́yìn náà fọ awọ ara. Má ṣe fọwọ́ pa á.
  • Fún ìbùjẹ: fọ̀ ọ́, kí o sì tù ú. Wá ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìṣègùn bí ara ẹni náà kò bá yá tàbí tí ẹ̀jẹ̀ bá ń tètè ṣàn lára rẹ̀.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

  • Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
  • Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
  • Bí ọ̀kan bá bù ọ́ jẹ: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

Rhodnius kissing bug gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 2 cm (0.8 in)Hóró ìrẹsì kan nǹkan bí 7 mm (0.3 in)Ẹyọ owó yúrò 1 nǹkan bí 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
ó gùn tó pínì ìwé (paper clip)

Báwo ni Rhodnius kissing bug ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Rhodnius prolixus
Ẹgbẹ́
Ìdin labalábá àti kòkòrò
Ìdílé
Reduviidae2
Ètò
Hemiptera
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà, Gúúsù Amẹ́ríkà
Ewu fún ènìyàn
3 / 5: Ó le gan-an3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Rhodnius prolixus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Rhodnius prolixus (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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