Triatoma

See also: triatoma

Translingual

Triatoma infestans

Etymology

Feminine of New Latin triatomus, from tri- (“three”) +‎ atomus (“indivisible element”), referring to the segmented antennae (which actually have four segments) of the insect.

Proper noun

Triatoma f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – large blood-sucking bugs that feed on mammals and sometimes transmit Chagas disease to their hosts.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Heteroptera - suborder; Cimicomorpha - infraorder; Reduvioidea - superfamily; Reduviidae - family; Triatominae - subfamily; Triatomini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Triatoma brasiliensis, Triatoma dimidiata, Triatoma gerstaeckeri, Triatoma huehuetenanguensis, Triatoma infestans, Triatoma migrans, Triatoma mopa, Triatoma nigromaculata, Triatoma patagonica, Triatoma protracta, Triatoma rubrofasciata, Triatoma sanguisuga, Triatoma rubrovaria, Triatoma dominicana - selected species

Derived terms

• Microtriatoma
• Paratriatoma
• Triatominae
• Triatomini

 

References

• Triatoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Triatoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Triatoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Triatoma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• “Triatoma”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.