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==Species== The common bed bug (''[[Cimex lectularius]]'') is the species best adapted to human environments<ref name="UCR-CISR">{{cite web | title=Bed bugs | url=https://cisr.ucr.edu/invasive-species/bed-bugs | website=Center for Invasive Species Research | publisher=[[University of California Riverside]]}}</ref> but is also known from [[bird]]s, [[Chiroptera]], ''[[Gallus (genus)|Gallus]]'' (chickens and relatives), ''[[Myotis myotis]]'', and [[sheep]] (''Ovis aries'').<ref name="lectularius-CABI-ISC">{{cite journal | title=''Cimex lectularius'' (bed bug) | website=[[Invasive Species Compendium]] (ISC) | publisher=CABI ([[Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International]]) | date=2022 | doi=10.1079/cabicompendium.13507 | url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/13507 | access-date=2022-04-22 | archive-date=26 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726162420/https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.13507 | url-status=live | url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="UCR-CISR" /> It is found in [[temperate]] climates throughout the world. Other species include ''[[Cimex hemipterus|C. hemipterus]]'', found in [[tropics|tropical regions]],<ref name="hemipterus-CABI-ISC">{{cite web | title=''Cimex hemipterus'' | website=[[Invasive Species Compendium]] (ISC) | publisher=CABI ([[Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International]]) | date=2019-11-20 | url=http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/88515 | access-date=2022-04-22}}</ref><ref name="UCR-CISR" /> which also infests poultry (including ''Gallus'')<ref name="hemipterus-CABI-ISC" /><ref name="UCR-CISR" /> and bats,<ref name="UCR-CISR" /> and ''[[Leptocimex boueti]]'', a relative of ''C. lectularius'' adapted for the tropics of West Africa and South America, which infests bats and humans.<ref name="UCR-CISR" /> ''[[Cimex pilosellus|C. pilosellus]]'' and ''[[Cimex pipistrella|C. pipistrella]]'' primarily infest bats, while ''[[Haematosiphon inodora]]'', a species of North America, primarily infests poultry.<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Cranshaw |first1 = W.S. |last2 = Camper |first2 = M. |last3 = Peairs |first3 = F.B. |title = Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs |publisher = Colorado State University Extension |date = Feb 2009 |url = https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/insects/bat-bugs-bed-bugs-and-relatives-5-574/ |access-date = 27 May 2010 |archive-date = 6 October 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151006231917/http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/insects/bat-bugs-bed-bugs-and-relatives-5-574/ |url-status = live }}</ref>
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