cimex

[ sahy-meks ]

/ ˈsaɪ mɛks /

a bedbug of the genus Cimex.

Origin of cimex

1575–85; < New Latin, Latin cīmex bedbug

The bedbug (Fig. 35) (Cimex lectularis) has been accused of transmitting plague, relapsing fever and other diseases.

Insects and Diseases |Rennie W. Doane
An allied species, the dove-cote bug (Cimex columbaria), attacks domestic fowls and pigeons.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 |Various
It has the same habits and practically the same life cycle as Cimex lectularius.

Handbook of Medical Entomology |William Albert Riley
But the resources of one-and-twenty are not easily daunted, even by the presence of the cimex lectularius or the pulex irritans.

Tracks of a Rolling Stone |Henry J. Coke

Sopra un organo particolare della Cimici dei letti (Cimex lectularius L.).

Handbook of Medical Entomology |William Albert Riley

cimex

/ (ˈsaɪmɛks) /

any of the heteropterous insects of the genus Cimex, esp the bedbug

C16: from Latin: bug