Larvae have also been recorded to eat the eggs of the bed bug " Cimex hemipterus ", a species known as major evolve insecticide resistance.
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In a 1988 study, one of 479 eggs was fertile and resulted in a hybrid, " Cimex hemipterus " ?" lectularius ".
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In November 2016, a media report noted that tropical bed bugs, " Cimex hemipterus ", which had been extirpated from the state during World War II, were discovered in Brevard County, Florida and are expected to spread in distribution within the United States.
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Other species include " Cimex hemipterus ", found in tropical regions, which also infests poultry and bats, and " Leptocimex boueti ", found in the tropics of West Africa and South America, which infests bats and humans . " Cimex pilosellus " and " Cimex pipistrella " primarily infest bats, while " Haematosiphon inodora ", a species of North America, primarily infests poultry.