Journal of Medical Entomology (2014) 51, 1073-1076

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Eduardo I. Faúndez and Máriom A. Carvajal (2014)
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
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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Cimex lectularius Chile (continental)