Rhodnius

Rhodnius
Genus of reduvid bug that is the principal vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in Venezuela, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, and Surinam.
- R. prolixus a reduvid bug, an important cause of South American trypanosomiasis.

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Rhod·ni·us 'räd-nē-əs n a genus of reduviid bugs including some that are intermediate hosts of the trypanosome causing Chagas' disease

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n.
a genus of large bloodsucking bugs (see reduviid). R. prolixus is important in the transmission of Chagas' disease in Central America and the northern part of South America.

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Rhod·ni·us (rodґne-əs) a genus of South American insects of the family Reduviidae. R. prolixґus is a species that transmits Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease.

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