Bed Bugs (Cimicidae)

Schaefer, Carl W.

doi:10.1201/9781420041859.ch17

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“…Almost all studies reported here focus on C. lectularius. Movement of any bed bug-sized object in the vicinity produces an approach response in males (154,163). If the disturbance is a recently fed adult, the detecting male mounts the bug's dorsum, regardless of gender, without any apparent courtship (185).…”

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“…Despite this long (and painful) association, we know remarkably little about several aspects of the biology of this economically important insect and its close relatives. Usinger's (185) monograph forms the core of our understanding of this taxon, although there are other more recent reviews (163). Because cimicids cause discomfort rather than transmit disease, their decline in the developed world (29) was followed by a decline in academic interest.…”

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Biology of the Bed Bugs (Cimicidae)

Reinhardt

Siva‐Jothy

2007

Annu. Rev. Entomol.

384

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The cimicids, or bed bugs, belong to a highly specialized hematophagous taxon that parasitizes primarily humans, birds, and bats. Their best-known member is the bed bug, Cimex lectularius. This group demonstrates some bizarre but evolutionarily important biology. All members of the family Cimicidae show traumatic insemination and a suite of female adaptations to this male trait. Cimicids therefore constitute an ideal model system for examining the extreme causes and consequences of sexual selection. Our dual goal in re-examining the extensive literature on this group is to identify issues relevant to pest control, such as dispersal ecology and the recent global spread, and to understand the selective forces that have shaped the unique aspects of this insect's biology.

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Section: Mate Recognition and Preferencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biology of the Bed Bugs (Cimicidae)

Reinhardt

Siva‐Jothy

2007

Annu. Rev. Entomol.

384

383

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“…Bedbugs are characterized by their obligate bloodfeeding, absence of wings, traumatic insemination (Johnson, 1942; Usinger, 1966; Schaefer, 2000; Reinhardt & Siva‐Jothy, 2007), and thigmotropism, which underlies their aggregation in refuges (Rivnay, 1932; Johnson, 1942). All five nymphal instars need to feed on blood to develop to the next stage, and both males and females feed on blood for reproduction (Usinger, 1966).…”

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A carbon dioxide, heat and chemical lure trap for the bedbug, Cimex lectularius

Anderson

Ferrandino

McKnight

et al. 2009

Medical Vet Entomology

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A trap for the collection of bedbugs, Cimex lectularius Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), is described. The trap was baited with CO2 (50-400 mL/min), heat (37.2-42.2 degrees C) and a chemical lure comprised of 33.0 microg proprionic acid, 0.33 microg butyric acid, 0.33 microg valeric acid, 100 microg octenol and 100 microg L-lactic acid, impregnated into a gel. Laboratory studies, conducted in a square arena measuring 183 cm on each side, showed that traps with and without baits captured adult bedbugs, but traps with CO2 emissions of 50-400 mL/min caught significantly (P < 0.05) more bedbugs than traps without CO2. In an infested unoccupied apartment, traps with heat and with or without the chemical lure were tested without CO2 on 29 trap-days and with CO2 on 9 trap-days. The numbers of bedbugs captured were 656 and 5898 in traps without and with CO2, respectively. The numbers of bedbugs of all development stages captured were significantly greater in traps with CO2 (chi2 = 15 942, d.f. = 1, P < 10(-9)). A non-parametric two-way analysis of variance evaluation of six different traps with or without CO2, heat or a chemical lure monitored over 19 trap-days in an infested apartment showed that trap type was highly significant (n = 2833 bedbugs collected) (P < 10(-7)). The trap with CO2, heat and a chemical lure captured more bedbugs than the other traps, but only caught significantly more fourth and fifth instar nymphs than all other traps. Otherwise, the catches in this trap did not differ significantly from those caught by traps that contained CO2 and heat only. The total numbers of bedbugs collected for each trapping date (pooling all six traps) followed an exponential decline over the trapping period. This type of trap, which caught bedbugs in unoccupied apartments with and without furniture, and in an occupied apartment, may have utility in studying the ecology of bedbugs, in detecting bedbug infestations and in reducing numbers of bites by trapping host-seeking bedbugs.

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Chemical Ecology

Gries¹

2018

Advances in the Biology and Management of Modern Bed Bugs

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Bed Bugs (Cimicidae)

Cited by 5 publications

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Biology of the Bed Bugs (Cimicidae)

Biology of the Bed Bugs (Cimicidae)

A carbon dioxide, heat and chemical lure trap for the bedbug, Cimex lectularius

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