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).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Cimicidae |
| Genus: | Oeciacus |
| Species: | O. vicarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Oeciacus vicarius Horváth, 1912
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References
edit- ^ a b "Oeciacus vicarius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Oeciacus vicarius species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Oeciacus vicarius". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Oeciacus vicarius Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
Further reading
edit- 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.
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