Eukaryote
reduviidae
Subclass of:
Heteroptera
Definitions related to reduviidae:
  • A family of winged insects of the suborder HETEROPTERA, called assassin bugs, because most prey on other insects. However one subfamily, TRIATOMINAE, attacks humans and other vertebrates and transmits Chagas disease.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Family of winged insects of the suborder Heteroptera, called assassin bugs, because most prey on other insects; however one subfamily, Triatominae, attacks humans and other vertebrates and transmits Chagas disease.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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