Temporal variations of wing size and shape of triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Populations from northwestern Argentina using geometric morphometry

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 994-1000

  Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a   Schachter Broide, Judith ^a   Kitron, Uriel ^b   Dujardin, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Geometric morphometry; Seasonal variations; Size; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; SUIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; SEASON; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; TRIATOMA; WING;

EID: 70350515914     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0504     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. CitedAtkinson, D. 1994. Temperature and organism sizeÑa biologicallaw for ectotherms. Adv. Ecol. Res. 25: 1-58.
2. Bookstein, F. L. 1991. Morphometric tools for landmarkdata: geometry and biology. Cambridge University Press,New York.
3. Yorḱ, S. 1994. Bloodmeal size and nutritional status of Triatomainfestans under natural climatic conditions. Med.Vet. Entomol. 8: 104-106.
4. Ceballos, L. A., G. M. Vazquez-Prokopec, M. C. Cecere, P. L.Marcet, and R. E. Gürtler. 2005. Feeding rates, nutritionalstatus and ßight dispersal potential of peridomesticpopulations of Triatoma infestans in rural northwesternArgentina. Acta Trop. 95: 149-159.
5. Cecere, M. C., R. E. Gürtler, D. Canale, R. Chuit, and J. E.Cohen. 2002. Effects of partial housing improvementand insecticide spraying on the reinfestation dynamics ofTriatoma infestans in rural northwestern Argentina. ActaTrop. 84: 101-116.
6. Cecere, M. C., D. M. Canale, and R. E.Gürtler. 2003. Effectsof refuge availability on the population dynamics of Triatomainfestans in central Argentina. J. Appl. Ecol. 40:742-756.
7. Cecere, M. C., G. M. Vazquez-Prokopec, R. E. Gürtler, andU. Kitron. 2004. Spatio-temporal analysis of reinfestationby Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) followinginsecticide spraying in a rural community innorthwestern Argentina. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 71: 803-810.
8. Cecere, M. C., G. M. Vazquez-Prokopec, R. E. Gürtler, andU. Kitron. 2006. Reinfestation sources for Chagas diseasevector, Triatoma infestans, Argentina. Emerg. Infect.Dis. 12: 1096-1102.
9. Cohen, J. E., and R. E. Gürtler. 2001. Modeling householdtransmission of American trypanosomiasis. Science 293:694-698.
10. Davidowitz, G., J. L. D'Amico, and H. F. Nijhout. 2004. Theeffects of environmental variation on a mechanism thatcontrols insect body size. Evol. Ecol. Res. 6: 49-62.
11. Dujardin, J. P. 2006a. MOG. Versión 74a. Unité de Recherches062-Unité Mixte de Recherches UMR9926, Institutde Recherches pour le Développement (IRD,France).(http://www.mpl.ird.fr/morphometrics/) .
12. Dujardin, J. P. 2006b. COV. Versión 25a. Unité de Recherches062-Unité Mixte de Recherches UMR9926, Institutde Recherches pour le Développement (IRD, France).(http://www.mpl.ird.fr/morphometrics/ ).
13. Dujardin, J. P., and D. Slice. 2007. Contributions of morphometricsto medical entomology. Encyclopedia of infectiousdiseases. Modern methodologies. Wiley, NewYork.
14. Dujardin, J. P., H. Bermú dez, C. Casini, C. J. Schofield, andM. Tibayrenc. 1997. Metric differences between sylvaticand domestic Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)in Bolivia. J. Med. Entomol. 34: 544-551.
15. Dujardin, J. P., C. B. Beard, and R. Ryckman. 2007. Therelevance of wing geometry in entomological surveillanceof Triatominae, vectors of Chagas disease. Infect.Genet. Evol. 7: 161-167.
16. Felsenstein, J. 2005. PHYLIP (phylogeny inference package)version 3.6. Department of Genome Sciences, Universityof Washington, Seattle, WA.
17. Good, P. 2000. Permutation tests: a practical guide to resamplingmethods for testing hypotheses. Springer, NewYork.
18. Gurevitz, J. M., L. A. Ceballos, U. Kitron, and R. E. Gürtler.2006. Flight initiation of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera:Reduviidae) under natural climatic conditions. J. Med.Entomol. 43: 143-150.
19. Gurevitz, J. M., U. Kitron, and R. E. Gürtler. 2007. Flightmuscle dimorphism and heterogeneity in ßight initiationof field-collected Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae).J. Med. Entomol. 44: 186-191.
20. Gürtler R. E.,M. C. Cecere,D. M. Canale,M. B. Castañera,R. Chuit,J. E. Cohen. 1999. Monitoring house reinfestationby vectors of Chagas disease: A comparativetrial of detection methods during a four-year follow-up. Acta Trop. 72:213-234.
21. Gürtler, R. E., U. Kitron, M. C. Cecere, E. L. Segura, and J. E.Cohen. 2007. Sustainable vector control and managementof Chagas disease in the Gran Chaco, Argentina.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104: 16194-16199.
22. Klingenberg, C. P., L. J. Leamy, and J. M. Cheverud. 2004. Integration and modularity of quantitative trait locus effectson geometric shape in the mouse mandible. Genetics166: 1909-1921.
23. Marcet, P. L., M. S. Mora, A. P. Cutrera, L. Jones, R. E.Gürtler, U. Kitron, and E. M. Dotson. 2008. Geneticstructure of Triatoma infestans populations in rural villagesof Santiago del Estero, northern Argentina. Infect.Genet. Evol. 8: 835-846.
24. Nijhout, H. F. 1981. Physiological control of molting in insects.Am. Zool. 21: 631-640.
25. Nijhout, H. F. 1984. Abdominal stretch reception in Dipetalogastermaximus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). J. InsectPhysiol. 30: 629-633.
26. Nijhout, H. F. 2003. The control of body size in insects. Dev.Biol. 261: 1-9.
27. Noireau, F., M. G. Cortez, F. A. Monteiro, A. M. Jansen, andF. Torrico. 2005. Can wild Triatoma infestans foci in Boliviajeopardize Chagas disease control efforts? TrendsParasitol. 21: 7-10.
28. Patterson, J. S., C. J. Schofield, J. P. Dujardin, and M. A. Miles.2001. Population morphometric analysis of the tropicopolitanbug Triatoma rubrofasciata and relationships withOld World species of Triatoma: evidence of New Worldancestry. Med. Vet. Entomol. 15: 443-451.
29. Rohlf, F. J. 2004. TPSDIG. Version 2.04. Department ofEcology and Evolution, State University of New York,Stony Brook, NY.
30. Schachter-Broide, J., J. P. Dujardin, U. Kitron, and R. E.Gürtler. 2004. Spatial structuring of Triatoma infestans(Hemiptera, Reduviidae) populations from northwesternArgentina using wing geometric morphometry.J. Med. Entomol. 41: 643-649.
31. Schofield, C. J. 1980. Nutritional status of domestic populationsof Triatoma infestans. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg.74: 770-778.
32. Schofield, C. J., M. J. Lehane, P. McEwen, S. S. Catala, andD. E. Gorla. 1992. Dispersive ßight by Triatoma infestansunder natural climatic conditions in Argentina. Med. Vet.Entomol. 6: 51-56.
33. Schofield, C. J., L. Diotaiuti, and J. P. Dujardin. 1999. Theprocess of domestication in Triatominae. Mem. Inst. OswaldoCruz 94: 375-375.
34. Vazquez-Prokopec, G. M., L. A. Ceballos, M. C. Cecere, andR. E. Gürtler. 2002. Seasonal variations of microclimaticconditions in domestic and peridomestic habitats of Triatomainfestans in rural northwest Argentina. Acta Trop.84: 229-238.
35. Vazquez-Prokopec, G. M., L. A. Ceballos, P. L. Marcet, M. C.Cecere, M. V. Cardinal, U. Kitron, and R. E. Gürtler.2006. Seasonal variations in active dispersal of naturalpopulations of Triatoma infestans in rural north-westernArgentina. Med. Vet. Entomol. 20: 1-6.
36. Zeledó n, R. 1981. El Triatoma dimidiata y su relación con laenfermedad de Chagas. Editorial Universidad Estatal aDistancia (EUNED), San José , Costa Rica.
37. zu Dohna, H., M. C. Cecere, R. E.Gürtler, U. Kitron, and J. E.Cohen. 2007. Re-establishment of local populations ofvectors of Chagas disease after insecticide spraying.J. Appl. Ecol. 44: 220-227.