Apiomerus cazieri
Appearance
Apiomerus cazieri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Reduviidae |
Genus: | Apiomerus |
Species: | A. cazieri
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Binomial name | |
Apiomerus cazieri Berniker & Szerlip, 2011[1]
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Apiomerus cazieri is a species of assassin bug found in the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[1] It is a known predator of Trichodes ornatus,[2] as well as honey bees.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Berniker, Lily; Szerlip, Sigurd; Forero, Dimitri; Weirauch, Christiane (8 July 2011). "Revision of the crassipes and pictipes species groups of Apiomerus Hahn (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae)". Zootaxa. 2949 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2949.1.1. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Rifkind, Jacques (25 September 2020). "Apiomerus cazieri Berniker and Szerlip (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) predaceous on Trichodes ornatus Say (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae)". Insecta Mundi. Retrieved 14 January 2023.