Bed bug
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| phylum | Chordata | The Cimicidae are a family of small parasitic insects that feed exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded animals. They are called cimicids or, loosely, bed bugs (or bedbugs or bed-bugs), though the latter term properly refers to the most famous species of the family, Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug. Around 90 species are placed in the family Cimicidae.
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| class | Insecta | |
| order | Hemiptera | |
| suborder | Heteroptera | |
| infraorder | Cimicomorpha | |
| family | Cimicidae |
Common bed bug
| phylum | Chordata | Bed bugs, bed-bugs, or bedbugs are parasitic insects of the cimicid family that feed exclusively on blood. Cimex lectularius, the common bed bug, is the best known as it prefers to feed on human blood. Other Cimex species specialize in other animals, e.g., bat bugs, such as Cimex pipistrelli (Europe), Cimex pilosellus (western US), and Cimex adjunctus (entire eastern US).
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| class | Insecta | |
| order | Hemiptera | |
| suborder | Heteroptera | |
| infraorder | Cimicomorpha | |
| family | Cimicidae | |
| Genus | Cimex | |
| Species | C. lectularius |
