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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Apiomerus » Bee Assassin (Apiomerus crassipes)

Species Apiomerus crassipes - Bee Assassin

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