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Apiomerus flaviventris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Reduviidae

Scientific name
  
Apiomerus flaviventris

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Apiomerus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
True bugs

Similar
  
Apiomerus, True bugs, Apiomerus crassipes, Thermonectus marmoratus, Harpactorinae

Apiomerus flaviventris, a bee assassin bug, is an insect that feeds on bees. It is found in arid and semiarid southwestern North America. This bee assassin is known to extract plant resins and apply them as defensive chemicals to its eggs, protecting the eggs from predation, especially by ants, but possibly also other species. Females of A. flaviventris collect resin from brittlebush, Encelia farinosa Gray ex Torr. (Asteraceae).

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Apiomerus flaviventris Wikipedia