Mepraia is a genus in the subfamily Triatominae, endemic in Chile, and vectors of Chagas disease.
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| Mepraia spinolai in central Chile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Subfamily: | Triatominae |
| Tribe: | Triatomini |
| Genus: | Mepraia Mazza, Gajardo & Jörg, 1940 |
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- Mepraia eratyrusiformis (Del Ponte, 1929)[2]
- Mepraia gajardoi Frías, Henry & González, 1998
- Mepraia parapatrica Frías, 2010
- Mepraia spinolai (Porter, 1934)
References
edit- ^ Faúndez, E. I. & Carvajal, M. A. (2012). "Notas sobre Mepraia gajardoi Frías, Henry & González, 1998 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 50: 495–497. ISSN 1134-6094.
- ^ Hypsa, V., Tietz, D.F., Zrzavy, J., Rego, R.O.M., Galvao, C., Jurberg, J., 2002. Phylogeny and biogeography of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): molecular evidence of a new world origin of the Asiatic clade. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 23, 447-457