Apiomerus cazieri Berniker and Szerlip (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) predaceous on Trichodes ornatus Say (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae)

Authors

  • Jacques Rifkind

Keywords:

Bee assassins, checkered beetles, aposematism, mimicry, Mojave, Stanleya pinnata

Abstract

The assassin bug Apiomerus cazieri Berniker and Szerlip (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) was observed to prey on the clerid beetle Trichodes ornatus Say (Coleoptera: Cleridae). This observation is the first recorded instance of Trichodes Herbst as a prey insect, and the second record for reduviid predation on Cleridae.

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Published

2020-10-09

Issue

Articles 0788-0801 (September 2020)

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