- The
Cimicidae are a
family of
small parasitic bugs that feed
exclusively on the
blood of warm-blooded animals. They are
called cimicids or, loosely, bed...
-
Haematosiphon inodora, a
species of
North America,
primarily infests poultry.
Cimicidae, the
ancestor of
modern bed bugs,
first emerged approximately 115 million...
- Bed bugs, or
Cimicidae, are
small parasitic insects. The term
usually refers to
species that
prefer to feed on
human blood.
Early detection and treatment...
- bats –
their hosts. The name has been
applied to
members of the
family Cimicidae (e.g.
Cimex lectularius,
Afrocimex constrictus) and also to
members of...
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Cimex lectularius, or the
common bed bug, is a
species of
Cimicidae. Its
primary hosts are humans, and it is one of the world's
major "nuisance pests...
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Cimex is a
genus of
insects in the
family Cimicidae.
Cimex species are
ectoparasites that
typically feed on the
blood of
birds and mammals. Two species...
-
known as the
tropical bed bug, is a
species of bed bugs
within the
family Cimicidae that
primarily resides in
tropical climates. However, it has been reported...
- Klaus; Siva-Jothy,
Michael T. (January 2007). "Biology of the Bed Bugs (
Cimicidae)" (PDF).
Annual Review of Entomology. 52: 351–374. doi:10.1146/annurev...
- PMID 14667353. Carayon, J. (1966). "Paragenital system".
Monograph of
Cimicidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera).
College Park, MD:
Entomological Society of America...
- to be
confused with
cimicid bat bugs,
which are
members of the
family Cimicidae. A
significant relationship appears to
occur between the
family groups...
