Encyclopedia of Parasitology

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Cimicidae

Living reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_4088-1

Synonyms

Name

Latin: cimex = bug.

Systematic Position

Family of the phylum Arthropoda (Table 1).
Table 1

List of the subfamilies and genera of Cimicidae

Primicimicinae

Bucimex (Chile: 1 species)

Primicimex (USA, Mexico, and Guatemala: 1 species)

Cimicinae

Bertilia (Argentina and Chile: 1 species)

Cimex (Cosmopolitan: 21 species)

Oeciacus (Nearctic region, Western Palearctic region: 2 species)

Paracimex (Oriental region, Southern Africa: 13 species)

Propicimex (Argentina and Brazil: 2 species)

Cacodminae

Aphrania (Afrotropical region, Southeast Asia: 5 species)

Cacodmus (Africa, Middle East, Oriental region: 10 species)

Crassicimex (Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Cambodia: 3 species)

Leptocimex (West Africa, Sudan, Middle East, Sri Lanka: 4 species)

Loxaspis (Tropical Africa and Southeast Asia: 6 species)

Passicimex (Tropical Africa: 1 species)

Stricticimex (Afrotropical and Oriental regions, Egypt: 10 species)

Afrocimicinae

Afrocimex (Equatorial Africa: 3 species)

Latrocimicinae...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und Parasitologie Universitätsstraße 1DüsseldorfGermany