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Plains Bee Assassin (Apiomerus spissipes)
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Copyright © 2007
Penny Crispin
Assassin bug -
Apiomerus spissipes
Lake Corpus Christi, San Patricio County, Texas, USA
May 15, 2007
Found on ground under Texas Thistle.
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Contributed by
Penny Crispin
on 27 May, 2007 - 8:17pm
Last updated 15 April, 2012 - 12:12am
Moved
Moved from
Apiomerus
.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 8 May, 2008 - 10:16pm
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Moved
Moved from
Assassin Bugs
.
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Brad Barnd
, 28 June, 2007 - 10:20pm
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Bee Assassin?
Looks like a species of
Apiomerus
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Tony DiTerlizzi
, 27 May, 2007 - 9:13pm
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Apiomerus
spissipes?
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Penny Crispin
, 27 May, 2007 - 11:11pm
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not A. crassipes.
A. crassipes is almost entirely black, though some specimens show more red. This is probably spissipes, but I'd have to compare it with specimens in a collection, and/or key it out.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 29 May, 2007 - 7:26pm
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Here's the key from the source cited above:
(I don't understand the terminology, but it looks straightforward for someone who does)
Keys to the subfamily Apiomerinae
1. Larger 14-19 mm.; Pronotum black, margins narrowly edged in red; ventrals usually wholly black; corium blackish-brown..…………...……...Apiomerus crassipes Fabricius (fig. 4)
1a. Under 13mm…………………………………………………………………………………… 2
2. Pronotum with disk in part red; ventrals each with a distinct pale transverse median bar, their front and hind margins black; corium in great part reddish-brown; smaller. ……………………………………………………………………Apiomerus spissipes Say
2a. Not as above………………………………….Apiomerus flaviventris Herrich-Schaffer
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Ron Hemberger
, 29 May, 2007 - 9:31pm
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could be...
..but I don't know if there are similar species in TX. I know a couple species look quite similar.
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Tony DiTerlizzi
, 28 May, 2007 - 8:41am
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I fear past postings may be inaccurate.
That's why I'm trying to get at least my house in order. Does anyone know whether or not the amount or absence of red/white colors has any significance?
A. spissipes and A. crassipes are the two I've been looking at.
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Ron Hemberger
, 28 May, 2007 - 11:27am
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A. crassipes appears to be the most common.
It's also mentioned in
Insects of the Los Angeles Basin
and I'm guessing it's correct for mine.
I'm not good with keys, but someone who is should check page four here:
http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/choate/Florida_reduviidae.pdf
for what may well be definitive information.
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Ron Hemberger
, 28 May, 2007 - 11:13pm
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I had the same thought
and am also searching for an ID.
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Ron Hemberger
, 27 May, 2007 - 9:27pm
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