Cimex

cimex Translingual thumb|Cimex lectularius species Etymology From mul la cimex bug. Proper noun 1 m genus family Cimicidae comprising the common bedbug and a few related insects en mul May Berenbaum This Bedbug’s Life w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/opinion/08berenbaum.html 2010-08-07 I was so thrilled to see a live bedbug, I showed it off to every graduate student I ran into that day: Cimex lectularius[,] a small, flat, wingless, brown ectoparasite that hides in cracks and crevices in human dwellings and emerges under cover of darkness to feast on human blood. https://web.archive.org/web/20241209221656/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/opinion/08berenbaum.html 9 December 2024 Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Cimex lectularius species - type species; Cimex columbarius species, Cimex dissimilis species, Cimex emarginatus species, Cimex pipistrelli species - selected other species Derived terms Afrocimex genus Bucimex genus Caminicimex genus Cimexopsis genus Cimicidae family Cimicinae subfamily Cimicoidea superfamily Cimicomorpha infraorder Crassicimex genus Hesperocimex genus Latrocimex genus Leptocimex genus Paracimex genus Primicimex genus Propicimex genus Psitticimex genus Stricticimex genus Further reading 1 1 1 107053 74563 30079 genus 1622 mul Hemipterans