Biology:Cimex adjunctus

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Short description: Species of true bug

Cimex adjunctus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Cimicidae
Genus: Cimex
Species:
C. adjunctus
Binomial name
Cimex adjunctus
Barber, 1939

Cimex adjunctus, is an ectoparasite found in a wide range of North America.[1] Like other insects in the genus Cimex, C. adjunctus is a temporary parasite that eats blood.[2] Temporary, meaning that they do not linger on their hosts between meals. C. adjunctus feed off of many insectivorous bat species.[2] On more than one occasion, these insects have been found on the wings of Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat).[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "A New Host Record for the Bat Bug, Cimex adjunctus (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Eastern Small-footed Myotis, Myotis leibii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 70: 287–288. 2016. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315847151. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Host association influences variation at salivary protein genes in the bat ectoparasite Cimex adjunctus". J. Evol. Biol. 31 (5): 753–763. May 2018. doi:10.1111/jeb.13265. PMID 29543391. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q10452937 entry