Polyctenidae

	Polyctenidae The Polyctenidae are a rarely collected family of parasitic bugs of the superfamily Cimicoidea. Polyctenidae species or bat bugs are obligate, hematophagous ectoparasites of bats. These insects are not to be confused with cimicid bat bugs, which are members of the family Cimicidae. A significant relationship appears to occur between the family groups and the species of hosts that indicates co-evolution and specialization. There are currently 32 species of polyctenid bat bugs recognized world wide belonging to two subfamilies and five genera. Polyctenidae species occur both in the Old World (subfamily Polycteninae) and New World (subfamily Hesperocteninae). Subtaxa Subfamily Polycteninae: Genus '' Adroctenes'' '' Adroctenes horvathi'' '' Adroctenes jordani'' '' Adroctenes magnus'' Genus '' Eoctenes'' *'' Eoctenes intermedius'' '' Eoctenes spasmae'' '' Eoctenes sinae'' '' Eoctenes ferrisi'' '' Eoctenes maai'' '' Eoctenes nycteridis'' '' Eocte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ectoparasites Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one". Parasites include single-celled protozoans such as the agents of malaria, sleeping sickness, and amoebic dysentery; animals such as hookworms, lice, mosquitoes, and vampire bats; fungi such as honey fungus and the agents of ringworm; and plants such as mistletoe, dodder, and the broomrapes. There are six major parasitic strategies of exploitation of animal hosts, namely parasitic castration, directly transmitted parasitism (by contact), trophicallytransmitted parasitism (by being eaten), vector-transmitted parasitism, parasitoidism, and micropredation. One major axis of classification concerns invasiveness: an endoparasite lives inside the host's body; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bat Bug Bat bugs are blood-sucking insect parasites that host (biology), feed primarily on the blood of bats. The name has been applied to members of the family ''Cimicidae'' (e.g. ''Cimex lectularius'', ''Afrocimex constrictus'') and also to members of the family ''Polyctenidae''. Bat bugs are closely related to Bed bug (insect), bed bugs, and are so similar in appearance that they are often mistaken for bed bugs. Microscopic examination is needed to distinguish them. Bat bugs will also bite humans if given the opportunity. Bat bug species include: * African bat bug (''Afrocimex constrictus'') * Eastern bat bug (''Cimex adjunctus'') Anatomy A key physiological distinction between the common bedbug and the bat bug is the fringe hairs on the pronotum (the upper covering of the thorax), which are at least as long as the width of the bat bug's eye, but shorter in the bedbug. Infestations Bat bugs are moderately common in the midwest US and have been recorded in Scotland, and are found in hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one". Parasites include single-celled protozoans such as the agents of malaria, sleeping sickness, and amoebic dysentery; animals such as hookworms, lice, mosquitoes, and vampire bats; fungi such as honey fungus and the agents of ringworm; and plants such as mistletoe, dodder, and the broomrapes. There are six major parasitic strategies of exploitation of animal hosts, namely parasitic castration, directly transmitted parasitism (by contact), trophicallytransmitted parasitism (by being eaten), vector-transmitted parasitism, parasitoidism, and micropredation. One major axis of classification concerns invasiveness: an endoparasite lives inside the host's body; an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cimicoidea Cimicoidea is the name of a superfamily of insects belonging to the infraorder Cimicomorpha The Cimicomorpha are an infraorder of insects in the order Hemiptera, the true bugs. The rostrum and other morphology of all members apparently is adapted to feeding on animals as their prey or hosts. Members include bed bugs, bat bugs, ass ..., including bedbugs and related families. References Cimicomorpha Hemiptera superfamilies {{Cimicomorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]