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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) » Bat Bug (Cimex pilosellus)

Species Cimex pilosellus - Bat Bug

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 pilosellus (Bat Bug)
Other Common Names
Western Bat Bug(1)
Explanation of Names
Cimex pilosellus (Horváth 1910)
Identification
distinguished from C. lectularius by long setae on the body of the adult and large nymphs; and thorax extends forward on sides of the head(1)
Range
w. NA (AK-SK & w. US)(2)(3)(1)
Habitat
may spread to occupied rooms in houses(1)
Remarks
occasionally feeds on people(4)
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.Alaskan Heteroptera (Hemiptera): New records, associated data, and deletions
Scudder G.G.E., Sikes D.S. 2014. Zootaxa 3852: 373-381.
4.Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Gary Mullen, Lance Durden. 2002. Academic Press.
Contributed by v belov on 2 March, 2012 - 12:23pm
Last updated 19 December, 2014 - 4:38pm

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