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Descriptor
English
:
Reduviidae
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Reduviidae
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Reduviidae
Synonyms
English
:
Assassin Bug
Assassin Bugs
Bug, Assassin
Bugs, Assassin
Tree Number:
B01.050.500.131.617.412.420.700
SP4.001.022.218.329.375.400.750
SP4.001.022.223.375.400.400.750
SP4.011.102.120.350.400.375.400.800
Definition
English
:
A
family
of winged insects of the suborder
HETEROPTERA
, called assassin bugs, because most prey on other insects. However one subfamily,
TRIATOMINAE
, attacks
humans
and other
vertebrates
and transmits
Chagas disease.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not use /drug eff for
insecticides
: TN 111
History Note
English
:
99; use TRIATOMINAE 1979-98
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AH
anatomy & histology
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
33691
Unique Identifier:
D020064
Occurrence in VHL
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