Cimex
See also: cimex
Translingual
Cimex lectularius
Etymology
From Latin cimex (“bug”).
Proper noun
Cimex m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cimicidae – comprising the common bedbug and a few related insects.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Heteroptera - suborder; Cimicomorpha - infraorder; Cimicoidea - superfamily; Cimicidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cimex lectularius - type species; Cimex columbarius, Cimex dissimilis, Cimex emarginatus, Cimex pipistrelli - selected other species
Derived terms
- Afrocimex
- Bucimex
- Caminicimex
- Cimexopsis
- Cimicidae
- Cimicinae
- Cimicoidea
- Cimicomorpha
- Crassicimex
- Hesperocimex
- Latrocimex
- Leptocimex
- Paracimex
- Primicimex
- Propicimex
- Psitticimex
- Stricticimex
Further reading
Cimex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cimex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cimex on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cimex at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cimex at Encyclopedia of Life
- Cimex at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cimex at AnimalBase