Oeciacus vicarius
{{Short description|Species of true bug}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Oeciacus
| species = vicarius
| authority = Horváth, 1912
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Oeciacus vicarius, known generally as the American swallow bug or cliff swallow bug, is a species of bed bug in the family Cimicidae. It is found in North America. 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
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{{Cite web| title=Oeciacus vicarius Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=107068
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2018-05-01
}}
{{Cite web| title=Oeciacus vicarius species details
| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/e58d115466c2d2fb9384690947d00cbc
| website=Catalogue of Life
| accessdate=2018-05-01
}}
{{Cite web| title=Oeciacus vicarius
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2021055
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2018-05-01
}}
{{Cite web| title=Oeciacus vicarius Species Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/252673
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2018-05-01
}}
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book
| title = Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I
| date = 1996
| last1 = Péricart | first1 = J.
| last2 = Golub | first2 = V. B.
| editor-last1 = Aukema | editor-first1 = Berend
| editor-last2 = Rieger | editor-first2 = Christian
| publisher = The Netherlands Entomological Society
| isbn = 978-90-71912-15-3
}}
- {{Cite journal
| title = Ecological correlates of Buggy Creek Virus infection in Oeciacus vicarius, Southwestern Nebraska, 2004
| date = 2007
| last1 = Moore | first1 = Amy T.
| last2 = Edwards | first2 = Eric A.
| last3 = Bromberger Brown | first3 = Mary
| last4 = Komar | first4 = Nicholas
| last5 = Brown | first5 = Charles R.
| display-authors = 4
| journal = Journal of Medical Entomology
| volume = 44| issue = 1| pages = 42–49
| issn = 0022-2585
| doi = 10.1093/jmedent/41.5.42
| url = http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1579&context=natrespapers
| doi-access = free
}}
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Category:Hemiptera of North America
Category:Insects described in 1912
Category:Taxa named by Géza Horváth
Category:Articles created by Qbugbot
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