Species Apiomerus californicus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Works Cited

unknown homoptera - Apiomerus californicus

Bee assassin on mustard (well, it makes for a good sandwich) - Apiomerus californicus

Bee assassin on mustard - Apiomerus californicus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)

Genus Apiomerus

Species californicus (Apiomerus californicus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Described in 1980 by Sigurd Leopold Szerlip in his PhD dissertation (1), which has not been officially published according to the standards of the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature. That means that, technically speaking, there is no valid name for this species. Some references use it anyway, as Apiomerus californicus Szerlip 1980. See this forum topic for details.

Members of this species are usually assigned to Apiomerus crassipes by older sources.

Works Cited

1.	Biosystematic revision of the genus Apiomerus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in North and Central America By Szerlip, S. L.

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 24 June, 2009 - 2:12am
Last updated 28 June, 2009 - 9:27pm

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