Cimex adjunctus Barber

Ex Myotis lucifugus (little brown myotis): TN, Blount Co., Abrams Creek shed, 19 Jun. 2002, J. J. Bellwood, L­2923.

This batbug is an ectoparasite of several species of bats mainly in the eastern United States including North Carolina (Usinger 1966) . This record appears to be the first for C. adjunctus from Tennessee and from the Park. Cimex adjunctus might be a vector of a Bartonella sp. of bats (Reeves et al. 2005a).