# Talk:Cimicidae

This is a false redirection and therefore, should be deleted. Bedbug is part of the family called "Cimicidae". It's not the same thing.  Ldorfman (talk) 02:36, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

What is the standard for starting a new article on any given genus or species? If only the more prominent cimicids like Cimex lectularius and C. pilosellus deserve their own articles, then should information on other cimicids go in the family article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zip-x (talk • contribs) 15:10, 20 December 2011 (UTC) 

I'm not sure how the copyright stuff works, but here are some images, including two less frequently photographed species: identify.us.com/idmybug/bed-bugs/bedbug-images/index.html Zip-x (talk) 17:31, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Cimicidae/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Enwebb (talk · contribs) 16:28, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Happy to look this one over. Enwebb (talk) 16:28, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

The article Cimex notes that two species are commonly known as bedbugs, whereas your lead makes it sound like only one species is. Consistency would be good.
Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
"When bats evolved, they switched hosts..." I think it would be good to include "in the Eocene" to refer to the evolution of bats. Provides additional context
Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
"Among the family's distinctive characteristics are traumatic insemination, in which the male fertilises the eggs by piercing the female's abdominal wall" I think you should tack on "with its intromittent organ." to the end of this sentence, and include it in the Biology section.
Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
wikilink ectoparasite, instar, heteropteran
Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:42, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
"it has been found that the last of several male inseminators, sires more offspring than his predecessors" could be put more simply as "The last inseminating male sires more offpsring than his predecessors" or something like that
Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
I thought this part of the "Biology of the Bed Bugs (Cimicidae)" pg. 353 was fascinating: " Intrasexual insemination is uncommon in nature and has been found only in onespecies (32). Under restrictive laboratory conditions, intrasexual inseminations in C. lectularius and C. hemipterus(144) occurred with increased sexual isolation and were apparently fatal for the receiver (144)" I think it would be good to include that it is unknown how males recognize females, and males will sometimes attempt to inseminate other males, which results in their death. Traumatic insemination can even cause the deaths of females according to the next page: "Recently  mated  females  were  occasionally found dead with ruptured guts (92), a condition likely caused by intromission extending through the mesospermalege."
Added. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
I think the last paragraph of Biology could be rearranged for a more logical flow, perhaps by moving the 2nd sentence to the end.
Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure about the section titles and organization. "Biology", for example, is being selectively applied to description and life cycle, though  other aspects of the article could be broadly construed under the "biology" umbrella. I feel that "Hosts" and "Effect on hosts" are similar topics and should either be adjacent sections or subsections of the same parent topic.
Rearranged. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Your only media is the lead image. I'd imagine there are images of cimicids feeding, at least?
Not many images available. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
There's three similar pics here of a cimicid on a bat. Enwebb (talk) 20:38, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Added one of them. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:45, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for taking on this review. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Might be worth collapsing the subfamilies and genera in the taxobox like Red rail's collapsed synonyms. Most are redlinks anyway and they stick out quite a bit into your article.
Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:42, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
Ref #13 is a pre-print and has not been peer-reviewed. Looks like you could use this publication for making a phylogeny.
Removed, used the new source and redrew the cladogram from it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:12, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
I recommend User:Headbomb/unreliable, a new user script that highlights potentially unreliable sources to predatory journals or pre-prints, among other things. It's what made me notice this reference. Enwebb (talk) 02:01, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Drive by what is intrasexual insemination? And, "Cimicids are thought to have evolved from predatory heteropteran ancestors, with about 60% of extant species using bats as their primary hosts" I don't understand how these 2 are related. Does iron deficiency count as a physiological change? It seems all the reduced fitness examples are more physiological (and I assume they're all effects of the previously mentioned afflictions)   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  21:04, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
"intrasexual": just means via the, er, usual apparatus: said so in the article.
"evolved from":

Just gave this another read-through and I'm happy with it. Thanks for nominating! Enwebb (talk) 02:01, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the review. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:03, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
And from me! --Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:14, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

We have been living in a filthy hotel that we have been trying to rid of it s bugs. Since being here we have been eating alive mites bed bugs fleas other crazy looking things on us what n how can these parasites or bugs get in our stomachs n stool .sincerely Worried 2600:1700:EDE1:F90:28C7:4E32:C850:F9E5 (talk) 13:36, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

What could this be n how dangerous we have bed bugs lice mites roaches something else that comes from damp carpets .please help 2600:1700:EDE1:F90:28C7:4E32:C850:F9E5 (talk) 13:41, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Greetings, I am just trying to wrap my head around things. The last sentence in the last paragraph of the lead states: Although the insects may acquire viruses and other pathogens while feeding, these do not normally replicate inside the insect, and the infections are not transmitted to new hosts. "the infections are not transmitted to new hosts" is a rather definitive statement. The term "insect" in the sentence refers to the paragraph identified Cimicids.
Then I read the second to last sentence in the first paragraph in the lead of Bed bug; Their bites are not known to transmit any infectious disease. This is well sourced by Doggett SL, Russell R (November 2009). "Bed bugs – What the GP needs to know" (PMID 19893834), Bed Bugs FAQs". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Parola, Philippe; Izri, Arezki (4 June 2020). "Bedbugs". New England Journal of Medicine.
However, The third paragraph in the lead of the very closely related Cimex lectularius includes However, there is some evidence that arboviruses may be transmissible. This is sourced by 
The journal reference does not make a "definitive statement" but supports "arboviruses may be transmissible". When reading the citation it was clear that not enough conclusive research has occurred and that further research is needed.
The issue is not "is" the different materials conflicting as technically two use viruses while the questionable sentence uses "arboviruses" and one is a "sometimes". The bottom line, if the sources are reliable, is that there are conflicting views across several articles.
Cimicidae has a slightly different wording that indicates a possibility of viral replication, Although viruses and other pathogens can be acquired by cimicids, they rarely transmit them to their hosts. rarely transmit is alarming. There is no direct citation but the paragraph is supported by three.
I did not look at publishing dates or the rest of the related Wikipedia links, but there are questions that arise from the different material. The definitive "the infections are not transmitted to new hosts" versus "Their bites are not known to transmit any infectious disease", reviewed with "there is some evidence that arboviruses may be transmissible" seems to indicate some rewording may be needed or the different views presented.  --  Otr500 (talk) 13:38, 29 March 2023 (UTC)


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