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Species Apiomerus longispinis - Black Bee Assassin


Phylogeny and character evolution in the bee-assassins (Insecta: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
By Forero D., Berniker L., Weirauch C.
Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 66: 283-302 [Epub 2012 Oct 16], 2013

Revision of the crassipes and pictipes species groups of Apiomerus Hahn (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae)
By Berniker L., Szerlip S., Forero D., Weirauch C.
Zootaxa 2949: 1–113, 2011

Biosystematic revision of the genus Apiomerus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in North and Central America
By Szerlip, S. L.
Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Berkley, CA. Unpublished.

Nineteen new species of Apiomerus in North and Central America were erected in this thesis, in addition to a vast amount of information regarding life history. Unfortunately the new species are invalid due to its unpublished status.

Contribution to the morphology and phylogeny of the Reduvioidea. Part IV. The Harpactoroid complex
By Davis N.T.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 62: 74‒94, 1969

Sinopse dos Apiomerini, com chave ilustrada para os gêneros (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae)
By Gil-Santana H.R., Costa L.A.A., Forero D., Zeraik S.O.
Publ. avuls. Mus. nac. Rio de Janeiro 97: 1‒21, 2003

Assassin Bugs of Virginia (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
By Hoffman R.L.
The Insects of Virginia 15: vi+73 pp., 2006

The Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Alabama, with a morphological key to species
By Clem C.S., Swanson D.R., Ray C.H.
Zootaxa 4688: 151–198, 2019

An Illustrated Identification Key to Assassin Bug Subfamilies and Tribes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
By C. Weirauch, ...
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification , 2014
Authors: C.Weirauch, J.-M.Bérenger, L.Berniker, D.Forero, M.Forthman, S.Frankenberg, A.Freedman, E.Gordon, R.Hoey-Chamberlain, W.S.Hwang, S.A.Marshal, A.Michael1, S.M.Paiero, O.Udah, C.Watson, M.Yeo, G.Zhang, J.Zhang
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