cimex
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Origin of cimex
1575–85; < New Latin, Latin cīmex bedbug
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There are about 90 species worldwide, although the common bedbug cimex lectularius has adapted the best to human environments, according to the British Pest Control Association.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023
The bedbug - cimex lectularius to give its Latin name - is a domesticated creature.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023
The bedbug of Europe and U. S. is cimex lectularius; his more obese cousin, cimex rotundatus, infests the Orient.
From Time Magazine Archive
If, for upward of five months, you had fought nightly engagements with the cimex lectularius, you would understand how vital is an ample supply of powder.
From The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)
Among the insects which they brought back with them was a very fine species of cimex; it was found in great numbers upon the foliage of Hibiscus tiliaceus.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by King, Phillip Parker
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