Oeciacus Explained

Oeciacus is a genus of bed bugs in the family Cimicidae. There are at least three described species in Oeciacus.

Species

These three species belong to the genus Oeciacus:

• Oeciacus hirundinis (Lamarck, 1816)
• Oeciacus montandoni (Pericart, 1972)
• Oeciacus vicarius (Horvath, 1912), the American swallow bug

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. 1996. Péricart . J.. Golub . V. B.. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-15-3.
• Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis. 2009. Schuh . Randall T.. Weirauch . Christiane. Wheeler . Ward C.. Systematic Entomology. 34. 1. 15–48. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. 10.1.1.498.8756.