Cimex adjunctus Barber

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., Zootaxa 647, pp. 1-20 : 14-15

Cimex adjunctus Barber

Anderson Co., Anderson, 15 June 2000, ex Homo sapiens , coll. S. Locke; Beaufort Co., Laurel Bay, 29 August 1998, ex Lasiurus seminolus (Rhoads) , coll. M. Bunch; Chester Co., Blackstock, 21 June 2000, ex bedroom, coll. J. Gwin; Chester, 11 March 1997, ex in bath, coll. J. Nance; Laurnes Co., Gray Court, 21 August 1980, ex yard, coll. J. Irwin; Orangeburg Co., Four­Holes Swamp, 7 July 1994, ex Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois) , coll. M. Strayer; Santee Cave, 20 October 1999, ex Myotis austroriparius , coll. W.K. Reeves (Reeves, 2001b); Pickens Co. Clemson, April 1999, ex biting people in house; York, unlisted location, 23 July 1992, ex bed, coll. A. Johnson; Richland Co., Columbia, unknown date, ex Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque) (Usinger 1966) .

Cimex adjunctus is an ectoparasite of bats but will feed on humans. Home infestations occur when infested bats colonize a building. Cimex adjunctus is not known to transmit pathogens, but other Cimex spp. transmit Trypanosoma spp. to bats (Bower & Woo 1981).