Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758

Ghazarayan, Astghik, Hayrpetyan, Tigran, Natradze, Ioseb & Roth, Steffen, 2023, First records of bat-associated Cimex lectularius (Cimicidae, Heteroptera) for Armenia and Georgia, Caucasiana 2, pp. 137-142 : 137

Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758

Materials examined.

Georgia • 2 males, 1 female, one exuviae nymph stage IV/V; Gremi Church; N42.00°, E45.66°; All individuals were dead; leg. Natradze S, Roth S; 30 May 2022 . • 3 males, 2 females; Church near the Pichkhovani Village ; One female was dead; leg. Natradze S, Roth S; 30 May 2022 . Armenia • 2 females (dead, partly damaged), one individual of unknown sex, heavily damaged, 1 dead nymph stage V; Arekelots Monastery; N41.03°, E45.06°; leg. Ghazarayan A, Hayrapetyan T, RothS; 21 May 2022 .

Remarks.

None of the individual collected in both localities of Georgia, had taken a blood meal recently; one male still had dark spots in the gut, indicating a possible blood meal in 2022. One collected female had several eggs in the abdomen. Bugs collected in Armenia, had very small remains of blood meal, indicating some bloodmeal in 2022 or just before dying.