Evidence that hematophagous triatomine bugs may eat plants in the wild.

Blood feeding is a secondary adaptation in hematophagous bugs. Many proteins are secreted in the saliva that are devoted to coping with the host's defense and to process the blood meal. Digestive enzymes that are no longer required for a blood meal would be expected to be eventually lost.

Genome Size Variation of Chagas Disease Vectors of the Rhodniini Tribe.

The genome size of five Rhodnius species (R. milesi, R. nasutus, R.