Psitticimex
Genus of true bugs
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Psitticimex is a monotypic parasitoid genus of true bug in the family Cimicidae, consisting only of P. uritui, primarily found in monk parakeets.[1] Uritui is the most common Heteroptera parasite in monk parakeet and parrot nests studied, according to a 2019 study.[2] Uritui is also found in brown cacholote nests, due to the monk parakeet using abandoned cacholote nests.[3]
| Psitticimex | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Cimicidae |
| Subfamily: | Haematosiphoninae |
| Genus: | Psitticimex Usinger, 1966 |
| Species: | P. uritui |
| Binomial name | |
| Psitticimex uritui (Lent & Abalos, 1946) | |
