Genus Cimex Linnaeus, 1758

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• Cimex Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [441].

  Type species:

   Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1924. Opinion 81. The genotype of Cimex, Acanthia, Clinocoris and Klinophilos. Opinions 78–81. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(2): 19-32.
• Acanthia Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [693] [junior objective synonym of Cimex Linnaeus, 1758, see Direction 63/1957 1957. Completion and in certain cases correction of entries relating to the names of genera belonging to the Class Insecta made in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Op. Decl. Int. Comm. Zool. Nom. 1E(E.3.): 21–60].

  Type species:

   Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1924. Opinion 81. The genotype of Cimex, Acanthia, Clinocoris and Klinophilos. Opinions 78–81. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(2): 19-32.
• Clinocoris Fallén, C.F. 1829. Hemiptera Sueciae. Cimicides eorumque familiae affines. Londini Gothorum : Berlingiana iv + 188 pp. [141] [junior objective synonym of Cimex Linnaeus, 1758, see Direction 63/1957 1957. Completion and in certain cases correction of entries relating to the names of genera belonging to the Class Insecta made in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Op. Decl. Int. Comm. Zool. Nom. 1E(E.3.): 21–60].

  Type species:

   Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1924. Opinion 81. The genotype of Cimex, Acanthia, Clinocoris and Klinophilos. Opinions 78–81. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(2): 19-32.
• Klinophilos Kirkaldy, G.W. 1899. On the nomenclature of the Rhynchota.—Part I. The Entomologist 32(436): 217-221 [219] [junior objective synonym of Cimex Linnaeus, 1758, see Direction 63/1957 1957. Completion and in certain cases correction of entries relating to the names of genera belonging to the Class Insecta made in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Op. Decl. Int. Comm. Zool. Nom. 1E(E.3.): 21–60].

  Type species:

   Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Clinophilus Blanford, W.T. 1903. Sokotra. Nature (London) 69: 199-201 [200] [unjustified emendation of Klinophilos Kirkaldy; junior objective synonym of Cimex Linnaeus, 1758, see Direction 63/1957 1957. Completion and in certain cases correction of entries relating to the names of genera belonging to the Class Insecta made in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Op. Decl. Int. Comm. Zool. Nom. 1E(E.3.): 21–60].

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