Predation by ants controls swallow bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae: Oeciacus vicarius ) infestations

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Brown ◽  
Catherine E. Page ◽  
Grant A. Robison ◽  
Valerie A. O'Brien ◽  
Warren Booth
Keyword(s):  
Oeciacus Vicarius

Another Infestation of a School Building by Oeciacus Vicarius Horvath1

1941 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-575
Author(s):  
H. B. Mills ◽  
D. J. Pletsch
Keyword(s):  
School Building ◽  
Oeciacus Vicarius

scholarly journals Dispersing hemipteran vectors have reduced arbovirus prevalence

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 20140117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy T. Moore ◽  
Charles R. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Zoonotic Diseases ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Movement Behaviour ◽  
Virus Prevalence ◽  
Cliff Swallow ◽  
Petrochelidon Pyrrhonota ◽  
Infected Insect ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
Wildlife Populations ◽  
Oeciacus Vicarius

A challenge in managing vector-borne zoonotic diseases in human and wildlife populations is predicting where epidemics or epizootics are likely to occur, and this requires knowing in part the likelihood of infected insect vectors dispersing pathogens from existing infection foci to novel areas. We measured prevalence of an arbovirus, Buggy Creek virus, in dispersing and resident individuals of its exclusive vector, the ectoparasitic swallow bug ( Oeciacus vicarius ), that occupies cliff swallow ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ) colonies in western Nebraska. Bugs colonizing new colony sites and immigrating into established colonies by clinging to the swallows’ legs and feet had significantly lower virus prevalence than bugs in established colonies and those that were clustering in established colonies before dispersing. The reduced likelihood of infected bugs dispersing to new colony sites indicates that even heavily infected sites may not always export virus to nearby foci at a high rate. Infected arthropods should not be assumed to exhibit the same dispersal or movement behaviour as uninfected individuals, and these differences in dispersal should perhaps be considered in the epidemiology of vector-borne pathogens such as arboviruses.

scholarly journals Isolation of Buggy Creek Virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) From Field-Collected Eggs of Oeciacus vicarius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Brown ◽  
Amy T. Moore ◽  
Ginger R. Young ◽  
Abinash Padhi ◽  
Nicholas Komar
Keyword(s):  
Oeciacus Vicarius

Role of the Cliff Swallow Bug (Oeciacus Vicarius) in the Natural Cycle of a Western Equine Encephalitis-Related Alphavirus

1977 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard O. Hayes ◽  
D. Bruce Francy ◽  
John S. Lazuick ◽  
Gordon C. Smith ◽  
E. Paul J. Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Natural Cycle ◽  
Cliff Swallow ◽  
Western Equine Encephalitis ◽  
Oeciacus Vicarius

scholarly journals Persistence of Buggy Creek Virus (Togaviridae, Alphavirus) for Two Years in Unfed Swallow Bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae: Oeciacus vicarius)

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 436-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Brown ◽  
Amy T. Moore ◽  
Ginger R. Young ◽  
Nicholas Komar
Keyword(s):  
Oeciacus Vicarius
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