page_title: Harpactorinae
section_title: Apiomerini
hierarchical_section_title: Harpactorinae / Tribes and genera / Apiomerini
caption_attribution_description: Apiomerus spissipes, an Assassin Bug, family Reduviidae often called the Bee Assassin for its predation on bees. Photographed in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
context_page_description: The Harpactorinae are a large subfamily of the Reduviidae. About 300 genera and 2,000 species worldwide have been described. Some of the species of the genera Zelus, Pselliopus, Sinea, and Apiomerus are of interest as biological pest control agents.
context_section_description: New World resin bugs: auth. Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
  Agriocleptus Stål, 1866
  Agriocoris Stål, 1866
  Amauroclopius Stål, 1868
  Apiomerus Hahn, 1831
  Beharus Fabricius, 1803
  Calliclopius Stål, 1868
  Foucartus Berenger, 2006
  Heniartes Spinola, 1840
  Manicocoris Fabricius, 1787
  Micrauchenus Amyot & Servile, 1843
  Ponerobia Amyot & Serville, 1843
  Sphodrolestes Stål, 1866
caption: Apiomerus spissipes
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