- 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 theUnited States ranging into tropical America. The common name derives from their frequent habit of sitting and waiting upon flowers and takingbee s as prey. The bright colors areaposematic likely a warning to larger predators that a painfulbite 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]
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