punaise

Japanese: punaise
punaise

...In addition, amphibian and aquatic heteropterans (water striders, giant water bugs, etc.) are also stink bugs in the broad sense, but there are few species with the root name "kamemushi" in the Japanese name. [Hasegawa Jin] Kamemushi is simply called "bug" in English and "punaise" in French, but both words primarily refer to bedbugs. Large assassin bugs are distributed in the tropics, and it is said that after C. Darwin returned from his voyage on the Beagle, he suffered from headaches for the rest of his life because he caught Chagas' disease, which is transmitted by a type of assassin bug called Benchuuka, when he collected it in the Andes and let it suck blood in order to raise it. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "punaise" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,両生・水生異翅類(アメンボ,タガメなど)も広い意味のカメムシ類ではあるが,和名の基名としてカメムシがつけられている種類は少ない。【長谷川 仁】 カメムシは英語では単にバッグbugといい,フランス語ではピュネーズpunaiseと呼ぶが,両者ともにまず第1にトコジラミ(ナンキンムシ)を指す語である。熱帯には大型のサシガメの類が分布するが,C.ダーウィンがビーグル号の航海から帰って後,一生頭痛もちになったのは,アンデス山中でベンチュウカというサシガメの一種を採集し,それを飼育するために血を吸わせた際,この虫の媒介するシャガス病にかかったからであるという説がある。…

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