Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:30:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-12-01; Background: Meccus' taxonomy has been quite complex since the first species of this genus was described by Burmeister in 1835 as Conorhinus phyllosoma. In 1859 the species was transferred to the genus Meccus and in 1930 to Triatoma. However, in the twentieth century, the Meccus genus was revalidated (al...