Cimex adjunctus Barber

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 38

Cimex adjunctus Barber

Ex Myotis lucifugus (little brown myotis): TN, Blount Co., Abrams Creek shed, 19 Jun. 2002, J. J. Bellwood, L­2923.

This batbug is an ectoparasite of several species of bats mainly in the eastern United States including North Carolina ( Usinger 1966) . This record appears to be the first for C. adjunctus from Tennessee and from the Park. Cimex adjunctus might be a vector of a Bartonella sp. of bats ( Reeves et al. 2005a).