{{Short description|Species of true bug}} {{Speciesbox | image = Cimex adjunctus (Chan).jpg | genus = Cimex | species = adjunctus | authority = Barber, 1939 }} '''''Cimex adjunctus''''', is an ectoparasite found in a wide range across North America.<ref name="SasseMcAllister"/> Like other insects in the genus '''''Cimex''''', ''C. adjunctus'' is a temporary parasite that feeds on blood <ref name="pmid29543391"/>, not lingering on its hosts between meals. ''C. adjunctus'' feed on the blood of many insectivorous bat species.<ref name="pmid29543391"/> On a number of occasions, these insects have been found on the wings of ''Eptesicus fuscus'' (big brown bat).<ref name="SasseMcAllister"/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="SasseMcAllister">{{Cite journal|vauthors = Sasse DB, McAllister CT, Durden LA|date=2016|title=A New Host Record for the Bat Bug, Cimex adjunctus (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Eastern Small-footed Myotis, Myotis leibii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315847151|journal=Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science|volume=70|pages=287–288}}</ref> <ref name="pmid29543391">{{cite journal | vauthors = Talbot B, Vonhof MJ, Broders HG, Fenton B, Keyghobadi N | title = Host association influences variation at salivary protein genes in the bat ectoparasite Cimex adjunctus | journal = J. Evol. Biol. | volume = 31 | issue = 5 | pages = 753–763 | date = May 2018 | pmid = 29543391 | doi = 10.1111/jeb.13265 | doi-access = free }}</ref> <!--unused<ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Cimex adjunctus'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=107059 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=2018-05-06 }}</ref>--> <!--unused<ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=''Cimex adjunctus'' species details | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/762673e503e15d617c27f3784643b44b | website=Catalogue of Life | accessdate=2018-05-06 }}</ref>--> <!--unused<ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Cimex adjunctus'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2021057 | website=GBIF | accessdate=2018-05-06 }}</ref>--> <!--unused<ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Cimex adjunctus'' Species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/371571 | website=BugGuide.net | accessdate=2018-05-06 }}</ref>--> }}
==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite journal | title = The Occurrence of the Bat Bug, Cimex pilosellus (Horváth) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), in Manitoba, Canada | date = 2002 | last1 = Wilson | first1 = Nixon A. | last2 = Galloway | first2 = Terry D. | journal = Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Manitoba | volume = 58| pages = 5–7 | issn = 0315-2146 | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237123924 }} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I | date = 1996 | last1 = Péricart | first1 = J. | last2 = Golub | first2 = V. B. | editor-last1 = Aukema | editor-first1 = Berend | editor-last2 = Rieger | editor-first2 = Christian | publisher = The Netherlands Entomological Society | isbn = 978-90-71912-15-3 }} {{refend}}
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Category:Cimicidae Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Insects described in 1939 Category:Hemiptera of North America
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