Morphological and Molecular Identification of Tropical Bed Bugs From Two Cities of the Pearl River Delta in China

• Published in: Journal of medical entomology Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 471 - 474
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jingsheng, Xia, Yanwei, Wang, Changlu, Han, Dongliang, Ren, Dongsheng, Zheng, Jun, Xu, Xu, He, Yurong, Wang, Desen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Entomological Society of America 01.01.2021; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Animals; Bedbugs - anatomy & histology; Bedbugs - classification; Bedbugs - genetics; China; Cimex hemipterus; Cimex lectularius; Cimicidae; Cities; Computer industry; COӀ gene; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA sequencing; DNA, Mitochondrial - analysis; Female; Genetic distance; Insect pests; Insects; International economic relations; Male; medical entomology; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; Nucleotide sequence; nucleotide sequences; Nucleotide sequencing; Nymph - anatomy & histology; Nymph - classification; Nymph - genetics; Pests; Physical characteristics; river deltas; Rivers; SHORT COMMUNICATION; China; Cities; United States; Pearl River (China); gene; Cimex lectularius; COӀ gene; Cimex hemipterus

From the 1960s to the 1980s, with the implementation of nationwide ‘Four-Pest Elimination’ campaigns (bed bugs, Cimex lectularius L. and Cimex hemipterus (F.) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), were listed as one of the targeted pests), bed bug infestations were gradually eliminated in most provinces in China....