| Apiomerus cazieri | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Reduviidae |
| Genus: | Apiomerus |
| Species: | A. cazieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Apiomerus cazieri Berniker & Szerlip, 2011
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Apiomerus cazieri is a species of assassin bug found in the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [1] It is a known predator of Trichodes ornatus, [2] as well as honey bees.
References
- ^ a b Berniker, Lily; Szerlip, Sigurd; Forero, Dimitri; Weirauch, Christiane (8 July 2011). "Revision of the crassipes and pictipes species groups of Apiomerus Hahn (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae)". Zootaxa. 2949 (1): 1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2949.1.1. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Rifkind, Jacques (25 September 2020). "Apiomerus cazieri Berniker and Szerlip (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) predaceous on Trichodes ornatus Say (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae)". Insecta Mundi. Retrieved 14 January 2023.