Apiomerus

Taxobox | name = "Apiomerus"


image_caption = "Apiomerus spissipes" (Say,1925)
image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hemiptera
familia = Reduviidae
subfamilia = Harpactorinae
genus = "Apiomeris"

"Apiomerus", Bee Assassin, is a conspicuous, brightly colored genus of Assassin Bugs belonging to the family Reduviidae. The species can be found in the United States ranging into tropical America. The common name derives from their frequent habit of sitting and waiting upon flowers and taking bees as prey. The bright colors are aposematic likely a warning to larger predators that a painful bite can be delivered.

External links

* [http://bugguide.net/node/view/4429 Bugguide hosted by Iowa State University Entomology]
* [http://www.heteroptera.ucr.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=64 Research of "Apiomerus" Systematics at UC Riverside]