Cimex_adjunctus

<i>Cimex adjunctus</i>

Cimex adjunctus

Species of true bug

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Sasse DB, McAllister CT, Durden LA (2016). "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.
  2. [2]
    Talbot B, Vonhof MJ, Broders HG, Fenton B, Keyghobadi N (May 2018). "Host association influences variation at salivary protein genes in the bat ectoparasite Cimex adjunctus". J. Evol. Biol. 31 (5): 753–763. doi:10.1111/jeb.13265. PMID 29543391.

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