Bedbug

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.

Bedbug
Cimex lectularius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Heteroptera
Infraorder:
Cimicomorpha
Superfamily:
Cimicoidea
Family:
Cimicidae

Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies, Genera & Species

Subfamily Afrociminae

  • Genus Afrocimex
    • Afrocimex constrictus

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
    • Leptocimex boueti
  • Genus Loxaspis
  • Genus Stricticimex

Subfamily Haematosiphoninae

  • Genus Caminicimex
  • Genus Cimexopsis
    • Cimexopsis nyctalis
  • Genus Haematosiphon
    • Haematosiphon inodorus
  • Genus Hesperocimex
    • Hesperocimex coloradensis
    • Hesperocimex sonorensis
  • Genus Ornithocoris
    • Ornithocoris pallidus
    • Ornithocoris toledoi
  • Genus Psitticimex
  • Genus Synxenoderus
    • Synxenoderus comosus

Subfamily Latrocimicinae

  • Genus Latrocimex

Subfamily Primicimicinae

  • Genus Bucimex
  • Genus Primicimex
    • Primicimex cavernis

References
  1. Reinhardt, Klaus; Siva-Jothy, Michael T. (Jan 2007). "Biology of the Bed Bugs (Cimicidae)" (PDF). Annual Review of Entomology. 52: 351–374. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.040306.133913. PMID 16968204. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.


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