Genus Cimex

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat

please help identify - Cimex lectularius

Unknown bug found in apartment. Suspected of leaving bites on two small children - Cimex lectularius

Unidentified tick-shaped bug - Cimex lectularius

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Cimicidae (Bed Bugs)

Genus Cimex

Numbers

7 species in North America (nearctica.com)

7 species in Canada (Entomological Society of Manitoba - PDF doc)

Size

3-9 mm

Identification

body flat, broadly oval, yellowish to reddish-brown; very short non-functional wings do not reach abdomen

Range

cosmopolitan

Habitat

on or near host animal (birds and mammals)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 23 April, 2005 - 1:05am

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