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Genus Oeciacus

Swallow bug, Oeciacus vicarius - Oeciacus vicarius

Oeciacus vicarius Horvath - Oeciacus vicarius

Oeciacus vicarius (Swallow Bug) - Oeciacus vicarius

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Cimicomorpha

Superfamily Cimicoidea

Family Cimicidae (Bed Bugs)

Subfamily Cimicinae

Genus Oeciacus

Numbers

A single species north of Mexico(1)

Range

Throughout North America(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 9 February, 2009 - 7:59pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 11 December, 2009 - 8:20am

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