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Cimicidae
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The Cimicidae are a family of small parasitic bugs that feed exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded animals. They are called cimicids or, loosely, bed bugs, though the latter term properly refers to the most well-known member of the family, Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug, and its tropical relation Cimex hemipterus. The family contains over 100 species. Cimicids appeared in the fossil record in the Cretaceous period. When bats evolved in the Eocene, Cimicids switched hosts and now feed mainly on bats or birds. Members of the group have colonised humans on three occasions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyCimicidae
Die Plattwanzen (Cimicidae), auch als Bettwanzen bezeichnet, sind eine Familie der Wanzen. Alle Plattwanzen leben ektoparasitisch auf Säugetieren und Vögeln, deren Blut sie saugen. Die Larven und die erwachsenen Tiere halten sich in der Regel nur zur Nahrungsaufnahme am Wirt auf. Der bekannteste Vertreter dieser Familie ist die Bettwanze (Cimex lectularius, lectus lateinisch für Lager, Bett bzw. in den Tropen auch Cimex hemipterus), die unter anderem auch am Menschen saugt. In der Wanzenfauna Europas sind sie die einzigen Ektoparasiten. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Äußere Gestalt 2 Lebensweise 2.1 Ernährung 2.2 Fortpflanzung 3 Mensch und Plattwanzen 4 Taxonomie und Artenzahlen 5 Literatur 6 Weblinks 7 Einzelnachweise Äußere Gestalt Plattwanzen erreichen Körperlängen zwischen 4 und 12 Millimeter. Ihr Körper ist bei Aufsicht eiförmig-oval, er ist stark abgeplattet. Der Kopf trägt kleine Komplexaugen mit nur wenigen Ommatidien, die seitlich aus der Kopfkontur vorragen. Die Ocellen fehlen. Der Saugrüssel ist relativ kurz und erreicht in Ruhelage nur die Basis der Vorderhüften, das erste Segment des Labiums ist stark verkürzt, die anderen etwa gleich lang. Das Pronotum des Rumpfabschnitts ist v
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 91
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Cimicidae
- Collections
- YPM, UMNH, CHAS, LCDI, UCSB, LACM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Research
1,107 papers- Bed Bugs (Hemiptera, Cimicidae): Overview of Classification, Evolution and Dispersion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
- Bedbugs.The New England journal of medicine · 2020
- Bedbugs.Current biology : CB · 2019
- Biology of the bed bugs (Cimicidae).Annual review of entomology · 2007
- Bedbugs.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Biology
- Behavior
- Hosts
- Effects on hosts
- Evolution
- References
- External links
The Cimicidae are a family of small parasitic bugs that feed exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded animals. They are called cimicids or, loosely, bed bugs, though the latter term properly refers to the most well-known member of the family, Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug, and its tropical relation Cimex hemipterus. The family contains over 100 species. Cimicids appeared in the fossil record in the Cretaceous period. When bats evolved in the Eocene, Cimicids switched hosts and now feed mainly on bats or birds. Members of the group have colonised humans on three occasions.
Cimicids usually feed on their host's blood every three to seven days, crawling away from the host and hiding while they digest the blood, which may take several days. This means that they specialise in vertebrate hosts that return regularly to particular sites to nest, roost or sleep. Birds and bats suit these specific requirements, as do humans now that they live in dwellings, and these are the main hosts used by the bugs. Most cimicids are able to go for long periods without feeding, over a year in some instances.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cimicidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.