Application of molecular biology techniques in identification of kissing bugs species in Central Vietnam

Abstract

The morphological taxonomy method is a tradtitional and very popular method in species identification. However, this method shows obvious limitations in distinguishing homomorphic species. In those cases, molecular biology techniques play an essential role in helping to identify species and then classify them pricisely. In this study, the authors presented a method to identify kissing bugs species in Central region of Vietnam using molecular biology techniques. The molecular and morphological taxonomy results have both showed that kissing bugs species in Central region of Vietnam was Triatoma rubrofasciata.