Species Apiomerus crassipes - Bee Assassin

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Bug on Dusty Miller - Apiomerus crassipes

Apiomerus crassipes ? - Apiomerus crassipes

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 crassipes (Bee Assassin)

Size

14-19 mm

Identification

A medium-sized, flattened, assassin bug with mostly black body, orange or reddish margins. Body has prominent upright hairs.

Range

Much of North America

Season

Spring-summer

Food

Predatory

Remarks

A common and notable assassin bug.

Print References

Slater, p. 122, fig. 220 (1)

Salsbury, Insects in Kansas, p. 108--color photo (2)

Internet References

North Carolina State Entomology Collection lists only this species for that state, and it is common, with 117 pinned.

Oklahoma Biological Survey

Photo from Arkansas

A Literature-based Key to REDUVIIDAE (Heteroptera) of Florida, fig. 4.

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

2.	Insects in Kansas By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 June, 2004 - 1:51pm
Last updated 25 June, 2006 - 3:54pm

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