Cimicidae
/sɪˈmɪsɪdiː/noun
Cimicidae is the scientific family of true bugs that includes bedbugs and their close relatives.
Did you know?The family name derives from Cimex, the genus established by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for bedbugs and related insects.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
cimex
“A bug, especially a bedbug”
1758
Scientific Latin
Cimex
“Linnaeus’s genus name for bedbugs and related true bugs”
19th Century
Scientific Latin
Cimicidae
“A zoological family name formed from Cimex with the family suffix -idae”
Modern English
English
Cimicidae
“The taxonomic family containing bedbugs and allied species”