Oeciacus vicarius

Oeciacus vicarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Cimicidae
Genus:	Oeciacus
Species:	O. vicarius
Binomial name
Oeciacus vicarius Horváth, 1912

Oeciacus vicarius, known generally as the American swallow bug or cliff swallow bug, is a species of bed bug in the family Cimicidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found in North America. ^[1] The bug is a blood-feeding ectoparasite of the colonially nesting American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) and vector of Buggy Creek Virus (family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus).

References

1. "Oeciacus vicarius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
2. "Oeciacus vicarius species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
3. "Oeciacus vicarius". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
4. "Oeciacus vicarius Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

Further reading

• Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN   978-90-71912-15-3.
• Moore, Amy T.; Edwards, Eric A.; Bromberger Brown, Mary; Komar, Nicholas; et al. (2007). "Ecological correlates of Buggy Creek Virus infection in Oeciacus vicarius, Southwestern Nebraska, 2004" . Journal of Medical Entomology. 44 (1): 42–49. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/41.5.42 . ISSN   0022-2585. PMID   17294919.