A bedbug (or bed bug) is a small, elusive, parasitic insect of the family Cimicidae. They live by feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals.[1]
The name 'bed bug' is used as the bug likes to live in houses, and especially in beds or other areas where people may sleep. Bedbugs are mainly active at night and can feed without people noticing. They leave a small itchy bite, like a mosquito.
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| Cimex lectularius |
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Cimicoidea |
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Cimicidae
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Subfamily Afrociminae
Subfamily Cimicinae
- Genus Bertilia
- Genus Cimex
- Cimex adjunctus
- Cimex antennatus
- Cimex brevis
- Cimex columbarius
- Cimex incrassatus
- Cimex latipennis
- Cimex lectularius
- Cimex hemipterus (C. rotundatus)
- Cimex pilosellus
- Cimex pipistrella
- Genus Oeciacus
- Oeciacus hirundinis
- Oeciacus vicarius
- Genus Paracimex
- Genus Propicimex
Subfamily Cacodminae
- Genus Aphrania
- Genus Cacodomus
- Genus Crassicimex
- Genus Leptocimex
- Genus Loxaspis
- Genus Stricticimex
Subfamily Haematosiphoninae
- Genus Caminicimex
- Genus Cimexopsis
- Genus Haematosiphon
- Genus Hesperocimex
- Hesperocimex coloradensis
- Hesperocimex sonorensis
- Genus Ornithocoris
- Ornithocoris pallidus
- Ornithocoris toledoi
- Genus Psitticimex
- Genus Synxenoderus
Subfamily Latrocimicinae
Subfamily Primicimicinae
- Genus Bucimex
- Genus Primicimex
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