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Apiomerus cazieri

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Apiomerus cazieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Apiomerus
Species:
A. cazieri
Binomial name
Apiomerus cazieri
Berniker & Szerlip, 2011[1]

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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.