Bed Bugs Are Back and Also Arriving is the Southernmost Record of Cimex lectularius (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) in South America

Eduardo I. Faúndez; Máriom A. Carvajal

doi:10.1603/ME13206

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Eduardo I. Faúndez,^1,2,* Máriom A. Carvajal^1,2

¹1 Entomology Department, North Dakota State University, Department 7650, P.O. Box 6050; Fargo, ND.
²2 Departamento de Zoología Médica, Centro de Estudios en Biodiversidad (CEBCh), Magallanes, 1979, Os

^* Corresponding author, e-mail: ed.faundez@gmail.com.

Abstract

The arrival and establishment of the bed bug Cimex lectularius L., 1755 in Magallanes Region (Chile) is reported. The present record is the southernmost for this species in America. The circumstances that provided for the species reaching this southern locality are discussed.

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Eduardo I. Faúndez and Máriom A. Carvajal "Bed Bugs Are Back and Also Arriving is the Southernmost Record of Cimex lectularius (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) in South America," Journal of Medical Entomology 51(5), 1073-1076, (1 September 2014). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME13206

Received: 15 October 2013; Accepted: 1 June 2014; Published: 1 September 2014