3. CIMICIDAE (Bed bugs)
Body is dorsoventrally flattened so that they can hide in cracks and crevices. Body is oval in
outline.
It is dull reddish brown incolour.
Thorax is deeply notched in front to receive the short head upto bulging eyes.
Hemelytra short and reduced to scale like pads.
Hindwings are completely atrophied.
Stink glands are located in the dorsal surface of first three abdominal segments.
Male bed bugs pierce the integument of the female and inject the sperm into the
haemocoel during copulation (
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