Characterization of the Buccula, Rostrum, Stridulatory Sulcus, Scutellum, and External Female Genitalia of Triatoma carcavalloi (Jurberg, Rocha & Lent, 1998), Triatoma circummaculata (Stål, 1859), and Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

Table 1

Characterization of the buccula, rostrum, stridulatory sulcus, scutellum, and female genital of Triatoma species studied.

Species	Structures
	Buccula	Rostrum	Stridulatory sulcus	Scutellum	Female genital
T. carcavalloi	U-shaped	Two lateral rifts 1+1	V-shaped	W-shaped	Smaller curvature (VII sternite and VIII gonocoxite)
T. circummaculata	V-shaped	Two lateral rifts 1+1	U-shaped	Cordiform	Smaller curvature (VII sternite and VIII gonocoxite)
T. rubrovaria	U-shaped	Two lateral rifts 1+1	V-shaped	W-shaped	Greater curvature (VII sternite and VIII gonocoxite)
T. costalimai [22]	-	-	-	Cordiform	-
T. delpontei [22]	-	-	-	Cordiform	-
T. infestans [22]	-	-	-	Cordiform	-
T. guazu [30]	U-shaped	-	-	-	-
T. jurbergi [30]	U-shaped	-	-	-	-
T. klugi [32]	U-shaped	Two lateral rifts 1+1	V-shaped	-	-
T. vandae [22, 32]	U-shaped	Two lateral rifts 1+1	V-shaped	Cordiform	-
T. williami [32]	U-shaped	Two lateral rifts 1+1	V-shaped	-	-
T. maculata  [33]	-	-	V-shaped	-	-
T. pseudomaculata  [33]	-	-	V-shaped	-	-