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    [Morphometric analysis of Panstrongylus geniculatus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Caracas City, Venezuela].
    (National Institutes of Health, 2011) Elis Aldana; Edgar Heredia-Coronado; Francys Avendaño-Rangel; Eliécer Lizano; Juan Luís Concepción; Rafael Bonfante-Cabarcas; Claudia Rodríguez-Bonfante; María Magdalena Pulido
    Based on the assumption that the sexual dimorphism of bugs is reflected by smaller size in domesticated triatomines than in wild bugs, the conclusion is that Caracas P. geniculatus has become adapted to living indoors. This represents an additional risk factor for the Chagas disease transmission in Caracas.