Common bed bug
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| 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 |
