Reyes-Lugo M, Reyes-Contreras M, Salvi I, Gelves W, Avilán A, Llavaneras D, Navarrete L F, Cordero G, Sánchez E E, Rodríguez-Acosta A
Medical Entomology Section, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2011 Aug;1(4):279-84. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60043-9.
To investigate the bioecological relationship between Chagas disease peridomestic vectors and reptiles as source of feeding.
In a three-story building, triatomines were captured by direct search and electric vacuum cleaner search in and outside the building. Then, age structure of the captured Triatoma maculata (T. maculata) were identified and recorded. Reptiles living in sympatric with the triatomines were also searched.
T. maculata were found living sympatric with geckos (Thecadactylus rapicauda) and they bit residents of the apartment building in study. A total of 1 448 individuals of T. maculata were captured within three days, of which 74.2% (1 074 eggs) were eggs, 21.5% were nymphs at different stages, and 4.3% were adults.
The association of T. maculata and T. rapicauda is an effective strategy of colonizing dwellings located in the vicinity of the habitat where both species are present; and therefore, could have implications of high importance in the intradomiciliary transmission of Chagas disease.
研究恰加斯病（美洲锥虫病）家栖性传播媒介与作为食物来源的爬行动物之间的生物生态关系。
在一栋三层建筑中，通过直接搜索以及使用电动吸尘器在建筑物内外捕捉锥蝽。然后，鉴定并记录所捕获的黄斑锥蝽的年龄结构。同时也搜索与锥蝽同域分布的爬行动物。
发现黄斑锥蝽与壁虎（缨趾虎）同域分布，并且它们叮咬了研究中公寓楼的居民。在三天内共捕获了1448只黄斑锥蝽，其中74.2%（1074只为卵）为卵，21.5%为不同阶段的若虫，4.3%为成虫。
黄斑锥蝽与缨趾虎的关联是一种在两种物种都存在的栖息地附近的住宅中定殖的有效策略；因此，这可能对恰加斯病的室内传播具有极其重要的意义。
