Oeciacus vicarius

Oeciacus vicarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Cimicidae
Genus:Oeciacus
Species: O. vicarius
Binomial name
Oeciacus vicarius
Horvath, 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. 1 2 "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

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1997). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 2: Cimicomorpha 1. The Netherlands Entomological Society. doi:10.1093/aesa/90.6.866. ISBN 90-71912-15-9.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  • Moore, Amy T.; Edwards, Eric A.; Bromberger Brown, Mary; Komar, Nicholas; Brown, Charles R. (2007). "Ecological correlates of Buggy Creek Virus infection in Oeciacus vicarius, Southwestern Nebraska, 2004". Journal of Medical Entomology. 44 (1): 42–49. ISSN 0022-2585.
  • Schuh, Randall T.; Weirauch, Christiane; Wheeler, Ward C. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis". Systematic Entomology. 34 (1): 15–48. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. ISSN 1365-3113.
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.


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