Species Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cimex lectularius 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 data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Europe (as Europa).
• Cimex lectularius apterus Linnaeus, C. 1761. Fauna svecica sistens animalia sveciae regni: mammalia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii [48] + 578 pp. [245].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIUU (Institution uncertain), Europe.
• Cimex improvisus Reuter, O.M. 1882. Eine neue Cimex-Art aus der Wienre-Gegend. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 1: 306-307 [307].

  Type data:

   Holotype UZMH ♂, Schonbrunn, Austria.
• Cimex vespertilionis Poppius, B. 1912. Cimex vespertilionis n.sp. Meddelanden af Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 38: 56-58 [56].

  Type data:

   Holotype UZMH 3036 ♂, Hattula, Finland.
• Clinocoris peristerae Rothschild, N.C. 1912. A new Indian bed-bug: Clinocoris peristerae sp. nov. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 48: 87 [87].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Simla, NW Himalayas, India.
• Cimex roubali Hoberlandt, V. 1942. De nova specie generis Cimex L. & Bohemia (Het., Cim.). Casopis Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti Entomologické 39: 130-131 [In Czech] [130].

  Type data:

   Holotype CROUB (Institution uncertain), Praha-Troja, Czechoslovakia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Usinger, R.L. 1966. Monograph of Cimicidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Baltimore : Horn-Shafer Co. xi 585 pp. [313-314]

History of changes