Cimex adjunctus Barber

Anderson Co., Anderson, 15 June 2000, ex Homo sapiens, coll. S. Locke; Beaufort Co., Laurel Bay, 29 August 1998, ex Lasiurus seminolus (Rhoads), coll. M. Bunch; Chester Co., Blackstock, 21 June 2000, ex bedroom, coll. J. Gwin; Chester, 11 March 1997, ex in bath, coll. J. Nance; Laurnes Co., Gray Court, 21 August 1980, ex yard, coll. J. Irwin; Orangeburg Co., Four­Holes Swamp, 7 July 1994, ex Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois), coll. M. Strayer; Santee Cave, 20 October 1999, ex Myotis austroriparius, coll. W.K. Reeves (Reeves, 2001b); Pickens Co. Clemson, April 1999, ex biting people in house; York, unlisted location, 23 July 1992, ex bed, coll. A. Johnson; Richland Co., Columbia, unknown date, ex Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque) (Usinger 1966).

Cimex adjunctus is an ectoparasite of bats but will feed on humans. Home infestations occur when infested bats colonize a building. Cimex adjunctus is not known to transmit pathogens, but other Cimex spp. transmit Trypanosoma spp. to bats (Bower & Woo 1981).