James PattersonChristopher J. SchofieldJean DujardinMichael A. Miles2026-03-222026-03-22200110.1046/j.0269-283x.2001.00333.xhttps://doi.org/10.1046/j.0269-283x.2001.00333.xhttps://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/48111Citaciones: 50Quantitative analysis of morphological characters of the head was used to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the tropicopolitan bug Triatoma rubrofasciata (De Geer) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and seven species of Old World Triatoma. Multivariate analysis demonstrates that T. rubrofasciata and the Old World species have a high degree of similarity with Nearctic Triatoma species, particularly T. rubida (Uhler). We interpret this to imply a common ancestry for these groups. Dissemination of T. rubrofasciata and subsequent derivation of the Old World species of Triatoma is deduced to have occurred over a period of not more than 350 years.enReduviidaeBiologyTriatomaHemipteraNearctic ecozoneOld WorldTriatominaeZoologyHeteropteraPopulationarticle