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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Cimicoidea » Bed Bugs (Cimicidae) » Cimicinae » Cimex » Bat bugs (Cimex Bat bugs) » Eastern Bat Bug (Cimex adjunctus)

Species Cimex adjunctus - Eastern Bat Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Eastern Bat Bug (Cimex adjunctus Barber) - Cimex adjunctus Fence Sitter - Cimex adjunctus Fence Sitter - Cimex adjunctus Cimex adjunctus-Eastern Bat Bug - Cimex adjunctus Cimex adjunctus-Eastern Bat Bug - Cimex adjunctus Eastern Bat Bug (Cimex adjunctus) - Cimex adjunctus Cimex adjunctus Early instar Eastern Bat Bug (Cimex adjunctus) - Cimex adjunctus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Cimicoidea
Family Cimicidae (Bed Bugs)
Subfamily Cimicinae
Genus Cimex
No Taxon (Bat bugs)
Species adjunctus (Eastern Bat Bug)
Explanation of Names
Cimex adjunctus Barber 1939
Size
adults ~6 mm(1)
Range
e NA (NF-FL to MB-TX)(2)(3)
Remarks
Large infestations may occur with bat populations in the attics of buildings. Adults may move from bat roosting places in homes to occupied rooms and bite people during the night(1)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
2.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
3.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
Contributed by v belov on 14 February, 2010 - 1:14pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 21 June, 2019 - 1:22pm

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