cimex

Pronunciation key ( sī′meks )

ci•mex

n. [pl. CIMICES (sim′ə-sēz′)]

[L. a bug]

1. bedbug.

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animals
Phylum	Arthropoda – arthropods
Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda
Subclass	Pterygota – winged insects
Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans
Suborder	Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 – true bugs
Infraorder	Cimicomorpha – thaumastocorid bugs
Superfamily	Cimicoidea
Family	Cimicidae Latreille, 1802 – bed bugs
Subfamily	Cimicinae Latreille, 1802
Genus	Cimex [Linnaeus, 1758]
Direct Children:
Species	Cimex adjunctus Barber, 1939
Species	Cimex antennatus Usinger and Ueshima, 1965
Species	Cimex brevis Usinger and Ueshima, 1965
Species	Cimex incrassatus Usinger and Ueshima, 1965
Species	Cimex latipennis Usinger and Ueshima, 1965
Species	Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758 – bed bug, punaise des lits
Species	Cimex pilosellus (Horvath, 1910) – bat bug, punaise de la chauve-souris

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Cimex, [Linnaeus, 1758], Taxonomic Serial No.: 107053

CDC.gov, Cimex hemipterus, Cimex lectularius