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Eratyrus

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Eratyrus is a genus of insects belonging to the assassin bug subfamily Triatominae.^[1]

This genus has a wide distribution throughout central and northern South America and Central America.

There are two species in this genus; both are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi:

^ 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, Schofield & Panzera 2000, pp. 30, 160

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Eratyrus is a genus of insects belonging to the assassin bug subfamily Triatominae.

This genus has a wide distribution throughout central and northern South America and Central America.

There are two species in this genus; both are associated with Trypanosoma cruzi:

Eratyrus cuspidatus (Stål, 1859) Eratyrus mucronatus (Stål, 1859)