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. 2014 Sep;51(5):1073-6.
doi: 10.1603/me13206.

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

Bed bugs are back and also arriving is the southernmost record of Cimex lectularius (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) in South America

Eduardo I Faúndez et al. J Med Entomol. 2014 Sep.

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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