Cimex adjunctus Barber
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158298 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52622931-7DA7-4EF3-9AB9-47D8E47C9B4C |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269684 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C2738789-771B-EC1B-6D3C-F9B6FAC855CE |
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Cimex adjunctus Barber |
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Cimex adjunctus Barber View in CoL
Anderson Co., Anderson, 15 June 2000, ex Homo sapiens , coll. S. Locke; Beaufort Co., Laurel Bay, 29 August 1998, ex Lasiurus seminolus (Rhoads) , coll. M. Bunch; Chester Co., Blackstock, 21 June 2000, ex bedroom, coll. J. Gwin; Chester, 11 March 1997, ex in bath, coll. J. Nance; Laurnes Co., Gray Court, 21 August 1980, ex yard, coll. J. Irwin; Orangeburg Co., FourHoles Swamp, 7 July 1994, ex Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois) , coll. M. Strayer; Santee Cave, 20 October 1999, ex Myotis austroriparius , coll. W.K. Reeves (Reeves, 2001b); Pickens Co. Clemson, April 1999, ex biting people in house; York, unlisted location, 23 July 1992, ex bed, coll. A. Johnson; Richland Co., Columbia, unknown date, ex Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque) (Usinger 1966) .
Cimex adjunctus is an ectoparasite of bats but will feed on humans. Home infestations occur when infested bats colonize a building. Cimex adjunctus is not known to transmit pathogens, but other Cimex spp. transmit Trypanosoma spp. to bats (Bower & Woo 1981).
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