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Bee-Killer Assassin Bug

Apiomerus flaviventris

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Brightly colored Assassin Bug, also called a Bee-Killer Assassin Bug, about 2 cm long. Family Reduviidae.

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

Reference Links:

Reduviidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) - Pictures

Species ID Suggestions

Bee Killer Assassin Bug

Apiomerus flaviventris

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Comments (2)
LaurenZarate
Thank you bayucca. :) I wish I had noticed the belly. If I see it again, I'll look.
bayucca
Reduviidae, Harpactorinae, Apiomerus sp. and looks like being Apiomerus flaviventris. Did you remember a yellow belly?? http://www.arizonensis.org/sonoran/fieldguide/arthropoda/apiomeris_spissipes.html http://thingsbiological.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/dsc_0323.jpg http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/4141-50339

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