Cimex lectularius definitions

Cimex lectularius

(`Cimex lectularius`) is a widely distributed bed bug that plays a major role in human health due to its ability to transfer disease. (`C. lectularius`) goes through five immature life stages that each require a blood meal to develop and move on to the next stage. Blood meals are necessary for each life stage in order to reproduce. They tend t...
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Cimex lectularius

(from the article `bedbug`) Cimex lectularius, which occurs in temperate regions, and C. hemipterus, which is common in the tropics, attach to humans. The species C. pilosellus ... ...(a neuropteran larva), and sowbug (a crustacean). There are many exceptions to this convention. In the British Isles the name applies solely to ... [2 ...
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Cimex lectularius

Member of the family Cimicidae, with a flat, reddish-brown wingless body, prominent lateral eyes, and a three-jointed beak; it produces a characteristic pungent odour from thoracic stink glands and is an abundant pest in human abodes, especially in the tropics under poor sanitary conditions. Although the bedbug's bite produces characteristic linear...
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