Apiomerus floridensis

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Apiomerus floridensis
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Apiomerus floridensis, Florida bee assassin
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Apiomerus
Species:
A. floridensis
Binomial name
Apiomerus floridensis
Berniker & Szerlip, 2011
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Apiomerus floridensis, Florida bee assassin, Florida

Apiomerus floridensis is a species of bee assassin endemic to Florida. [1]

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Description

Males typically are 12.5 to 14.2 mm (0.49 to 0.56 in) in length while females are 13.9 to 16.2 mm (0.55 to 0.64 in). [2]

Range

Florida, particularly southward from Duval County, and northern Mexico. [1] [3]

Habitat

Ecology

Etymology

Taxonomy

References

  1. 1 2 Berniker, Lily; Szerlip, Sigurd; Forero, Dimitri; Weirauch, Christiane (2011-07-08). "Revision of the crassipes and pictipes species groups of Apiomerus Hahn (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae)" . Zootaxa. 2949 (1): 1–113. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2949.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334.
  2. ↑ "Species Apiomerus floridensis - Florida Bee Assassin". BugGuide. Iowa State University . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "GBIF, Apiomerus floridensis" . Retrieved 2025-10-24.


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