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Habitus images of males (left) and females (right) of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani Costa Lima, Campos Seabra, and Hathaway new status, D, A. crassipes (Fabricius), E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis (Fallou), I, A. spissipes (Say), J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris Herrich-Schaeffer and L, A. pictipes Herrich-Schaeffer. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 5mm." captionText-1="FIGURE 2. Caudal views of the pygophores of males of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus, showing the median process of the pygophore. Members of the crassipes species group have rami of the median process in a U shape; pictipes group members have rami of the median process nearly horizontal. 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Gonocoxa 8 of females of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." captionText-12="FIGURE 13. Gonoplac of A. wygodzinskyi, sp. nov., showing the dorso-medial projection (dmp) and ventral projection (vp). In females of both the crassipes and pictipes species groups of Apiomerus, the dmp is short and reaches approximately half the height of the apex of the ventral projection. The number in the box refers to the USI with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 0.5 mm." captionText-13="FIGURE 14. Dorsal view of the bursa copulatrix of females of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. See terminology for abbreviations and text for discussion of characters. Arrows in A-J point to the transverse sclerotized folds in the bursa. The number of arrows indicates the number of folds. The arrow in K points to the dorsal-most transverse fold which in females of the pictipes group protrudes over the other folds. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." captionText-14="FIGURE 15. Ventral view of the bursa copulatrix of females of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. See terminology for abbreviations and text for discussion of characters. Arrows in B-K point to gonapophysis 8 and the anterior portion of gonapohysis 8, showing that they are two separate sclerites. The two sclerites are adjacent and almost entire in D, I, and K. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." captionText-15="FIGURE 16. Color variability in members of the crassipes species group of Apiomerus. Species in A, C, and D vary in the degree of pigmentation on the corium and pronotum, but the variation cannot be categorized into distinct forms. The species in B has four distinct color forms, from left to right and top to bottom: orange, black, red and striped. See text for discussion of geographic distribution. A, A. californicus, sp. nov., B, A. cazieri, sp. nov., C, A. cooremani, new status, and D, A. floridensis, sp. nov. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT." captionText-2="FIGURE 3. Lateral views of the pygophores of members of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. Members of the crassipes species group have the median process of the pygophore oriented nearly vertical in this view, perpendicular to the long axis of the pygophore, whereas the pictipes group members have the median process nearly horizontal, parallel to the long axis of the pygophore. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." captionText-3="FIGURE 4. Ventral views of the pygophores of males of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. Arrows point to the apex of the rami which have an acute projection in the members of the crassipes group (as seen in A, D, E, G, and J), but which are not produced in the members of the pictipes group (as seen in K and L). A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." captionText-4="FIGURE 5. Dorsal views of the pygophores of males of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. In the crassipes species group, the inner margin of the genital opening has sclerotized protuberances (A-J). In the pictipes species group the inner margin of the genital opening is smooth without protuberances (K-L). Tergite 9 has been removed in F, J and L. Arrows in B point to the protuberances on the inner margin of the pygophore. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." captionText-5="FIGURE 6. Aedeagus of the members of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus in dorsal view. The arrow in L points to the sclerotized median dorsal lobe. See terminology section for abbreviations and text for discussion of characters. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." captionText-6="FIGURE 7. Aedeagus of males of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus in lateral view. See terminology for abbreviations and text for discussion of characters. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." captionText-7="FIGURE 8. Close view of the aedeagus of males of the crassipes (A-C) and pictipes (D) species groups of Apiomerus. A. An example of dorso-lateral lobes (dltlb) that are not divided into proximal and distal portions, but present as a single folded sclerite, a tongue shaped median basal sclerotization (mbs) and a pointed posterior margin of the dorsal phallothecal sclerite (pdps). B. An example of dorsal lateral lobes that are divided with a semi-circular proximal portion (pdltlb) and an entire and elongated distal portion (ddltlb), and a pyramid shaped median basal sclerotization (mbs). C. An example of dorso-lateral lobes that are divided and in which the proximal (pdltlb) and distal (ddltlb) portions are both tongue shaped and the distal is short and entire. D. An example of dorso-lateral lobes that are divided, with a tongue shaped proximal portion (pdltlb) and in which the distal portion (ddltlb) is subdivided into medial and lateral lobe, a median dorsal lobe (mdlb) that is sclerotized, and a rounded posterior margin of the dorsal phallothecal sclerite (pdps). A, A.californicus, sp. nov., B, A. crassipes, C, A. wygodzinskyi, sp. nov., and D, A. flaviventris. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT." captionText-8="FIGURE 9. Parameres of males of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. Males of the crassipes species group have parameres that are strongly curved, whereas males of the pictipes species group have parameres that are weakly curved. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale, 1mm." captionText-9="FIGURE 10. Caudal view of the abdomen of females of the crassipes and pictipes species groups of Apiomerus showing tergite 8 and syntergite 9/10. The arrow in A points to the lateral margin of tergite 8, which is expanded into deflexed lobes in nearly the same plane as syntergite 9/10. Females in the crassipes species group have lobes which are concave medially and extend to roughly half the length of syntergite 9/10 (A-J). Females in the pictipes species group have lobes which are shorter, extending only slightly beyond the margin of syntergite 9/10 and nearly flat medially (K-L). A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT." pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Figs 1–16</figureCitation>
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Champion 1889: 242 (diagnosis, catalog); 
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(catalog); 
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(catalog).
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<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FF59FD86E84FDF50" box="[151,265,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Type data</emphasis>
: 
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: 
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/Muséum Paris – 
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295-59 / Type / UCR_ENT 00004316 (
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<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FF59FDE1E84FDF35" box="[151,265,614,637]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Diagnosis</emphasis>
: Recognized by the relatively small size (
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), black body, lack of pale margin on the scutellum, dark red legs, red corium (
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), posterior margin of the dorsal phallothecal sclerite rounded in dorsal view, and dorsolateral lobes divided into proximal and distal portions, both portions short and tongue shaped.
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<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FF59FD69E874DE4E" box="[151,306,750,774]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Redescription</emphasis>
: Male: Small, total length 
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. COLORATION: HEAD: Black. THORAX: Pronotum black, sometimes with anterior portion of anterior lobe red or entirely red, posterior lobe sometimes with red band along anterior edge, margin of posterior pronotal lobe pale yellow to white, sometimes indistinct, scutellum black, thoracic pleura black with a red circle on supracoxal lobes, corium and legs red. ABDOMEN: Dark red to black, connexivum pale yellow to black (
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), pygophore dark red. STRUCTURE: HEAD: about 3/4 as long as pronotum, about 4 times width of eye, length of eye in dorsal view about 1/4 of head length. THORAX: pronotum 1.3 times wider than long, anterolateral angle truncate, disc of anterior lobe with paired greatly convex lobes, posterior margin straight. ABDOMEN: pygophore about 1/4 length of abdomen, median pygophore process U-shaped in caudal view, ramus as long as base width (
<figureCitation id="133690C26F12FFC4FDA0FB89EB8CD96E" box="[622,714,1038,1062]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="33.[151,244,1880,1901]" captionTargetBox="[209,1377,151,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-143@33.[209,1378,151,1869]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURE 2. Caudal views of the pygophores of males of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus, showing the median process of the pygophore. Members of the crassipes species group have rami of the median process in a U shape; pictipes group members have rami of the median process nearly horizontal. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Figs 2H</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="133690C26F12FFC4FD18FB89EBBCD96E" box="[726,762,1038,1062]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="34.[151,244,1878,1899]" captionTargetBox="[209,1377,151,1867]" captionTargetId="figure-158@34.[209,1378,149,1867]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIGURE 3. Lateral views of the pygophores of members of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. Members of the crassipes species group have the median process of the pygophore oriented nearly vertical in this view, perpendicular to the long axis of the pygophore, whereas the pictipes group members have the median process nearly horizontal, parallel to the long axis of the pygophore. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." pageId="22" pageNumber="23">3H</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="133690C26F12FFC4FCC8FB89EA6CD96E" box="[774,810,1038,1062]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="35.[151,244,1878,1899]" captionTargetBox="[209,1377,151,1865]" captionTargetId="figure-157@35.[209,1378,147,1865]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 4. Ventral views of the pygophores of males of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. Arrows point to the apex of the rami which have an acute projection in the members of the crassipes group (as seen in A, D, E, G, and J), but which are not produced in the members of the pictipes group (as seen in K and L). A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." pageId="22" pageNumber="23">4H</figureCitation>
, 
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). GENITALIA: distal portion of tergite 9 with setae on anterior margin, posterior margin of dorsal phallothecal sclerite rounded in dorsal view (
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), apex in dorsal view narrow, less than half the width of dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts fused only at base, dorsolateral lobes divided into proximal and distal portion, proximal lobe tongue shaped, distal lobe entire, short, tongue shaped (
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), median basal sclerotization tongue shaped (
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), distal dorsal lobe with two parallel rows of strong denticles (
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, 
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB28C476F12FFC4FF09FB61EBE1D80E" blockId="22.[151,1436,750,1350]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
Female: Total length 
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. STRUCTURE: ABDOMEN: syntergite 9/10 with distal margin flat (
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). GENITALIA: gonapophysis 8 with two distinct sclerotizations (
<figureCitation id="133690C26F12FFC4FC35FA8DED22D86A" box="[1019,1124,1290,1314]" captionStart="FIGURE 15" captionStartId="45.[151,244,1846,1867]" captionTargetBox="[226,1360,157,1825]" captionTargetId="figure-154@45.[226,1360,157,1825]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURE 15. Ventral view of the bursa copulatrix of females of the crassipes (A-J) and pictipes (K-L) species groups of Apiomerus. See terminology for abbreviations and text for discussion of characters. Arrows in B-K point to gonapophysis 8 and the anterior portion of gonapohysis 8, showing that they are two separate sclerites. The two sclerites are adjacent and almost entire in D, I, and K. A, A. californicus sp. nov., B, A. cazieri sp. nov., C, A. cooremani new status, D, A. crassipes, E, A. floridensis, sp. nov., F, A. montanus, sp. nov., G, A. peninsularis sp. nov., H, A. rufipennis, I, A. spissipes, J, A. wygodzinskyi sp. nov., K, A. flaviventris, and L, A. pictipes. Numbers in each box refer to USIs with the prefix UCR_ENT. Scale 1mm." pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 15H</figureCitation>
), bursa copulatrix with two narrow, transverse sclerotized folds (
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).
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<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FF59FAF7E9A8D8C0" box="[151,238,1392,1416]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Biology</emphasis>
: 
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<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FF30FAF7E8B7D8C0" box="[254,497,1392,1416]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Apiomerus rufipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been collected between May and December on flowers of 
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<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FB75FAF7E9A4D8E4" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Eysenhardtia polystachya</emphasis>
(Fabaceae)
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and at elevations ranging from 
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.
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<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FF59FA52E866D8A5" box="[151,288,1493,1517]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Distribution</emphasis>
: Found in the Sierra Transvolcanica and Sierra Madre del Sur regions of 
<collectingCountry id="F31ACCD76F12FFC4FB4CFA52ED91D8A5" box="[1154,1239,1493,1517]" name="Mexico" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Mexico</collectingCountry>
in the following states: 
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, 
<collectingCountry id="F31ACCD76F12FFC4FE82FA7EE8E2DB59" box="[332,420,1529,1553]" name="Mexico" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Mexico</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion id="49C942A56F12FFC4FE61FA7EEB68DB59" box="[431,558,1529,1553]" country="Mexico" name="Michoacan de Ocampo" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Michoacán</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="49C942A56F12FFC4FDF4FA7EEBDCDB59" box="[570,666,1529,1553]" country="Mexico" name="Morelos" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Morelos</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="49C942A56F12FFC4FD6BFA7EEBBADB59" box="[677,764,1529,1553]" country="Mexico" name="Oaxaca" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Oaxaca</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="49C942A56F12FFC4FCC9FA7EEA10DB59" box="[775,854,1529,1553]" country="Mexico" name="Puebla" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Puebla</collectingRegion>
, and 
<collectingRegion id="49C942A56F12FFC4FC5EFA7DEAB2DB59" box="[912,1012,1530,1553]" country="Mexico" name="Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Veracruz</collectingRegion>
(Map 3).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB28C476F12FFC4FF59F9BCEA83DBAA" blockId="22.[151,1436,1594,2014]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FF59F9BCE854DB1A" box="[151,274,1595,1618]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Discussion</emphasis>
: Individuals of 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FE0AF9BCEB10DB1B" baseAuthorityName="Fallou" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[452,598,1595,1619]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipennis">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FE0AF9BCEB10DB1B" box="[452,598,1595,1619]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. rufipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ little in color, the only variation being the amount of red on the pronotum. 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FF23F9D9E899DB3E" baseAuthorityName="Fallou" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[237,479,1630,1654]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipennis">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FF23F9D9E899DB3E" box="[237,479,1630,1654]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Apiomerus rufipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
overlaps in its range with 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FCC5F9D9EAE7DB3E" authorityName="Berniker &amp; Szerlip &amp; Forero &amp; Weirauch" authorityYear="2011" box="[779,929,1630,1654]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cooremani">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FCC5F9D9EAE7DB3E" box="[779,929,1630,1654]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. cooremani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FC61F9D9EDB0DB3E" box="[943,1270,1630,1654]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FC61F9D9ED21DB3E" authorityName="Berniker &amp; Szerlip &amp; Forero &amp; Weirauch" authorityYear="2011" box="[943,1127,1630,1654]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wygodzinskyi">A. wygodzinskyi</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FBBCF9D9EDB0DB3E" authorityName="Det." baseAuthorityName="Say" baseAuthorityYear="1825" box="[1138,1270,1630,1654]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spissipes">A. spissipes</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FAE3F9D9E9F8DBD2" authorityName="Berniker &amp; Szerlip &amp; Forero &amp; Weirauch" authorityYear="2011" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="montanus">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FAE3F9D9E9F8DBD2" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. montanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FF01F904E883DBD3" baseAuthorityName="Fallou" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[207,453,1667,1691]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipennis">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FF01F904E883DBD3" box="[207,453,1667,1691]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Apiomerus rufipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is smaller than all of these species, and can be distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FB17F904EC34DBD2" authorityName="Berniker &amp; Szerlip &amp; Forero &amp; Weirauch" authorityYear="2011" box="[1241,1394,1667,1691]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cooremani">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FB17F904EC34DBD2" box="[1241,1394,1667,1691]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. cooremani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FA4AF904E9BCDBF6" authorityName="Det." baseAuthorityName="Say" baseAuthorityYear="1825" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spissipes">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FA4AF904E9BCDBF6" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. spissipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FEFFF921E8F8DBF6" authorityName="Berniker &amp; Szerlip &amp; Forero &amp; Weirauch" authorityYear="2011" box="[305,446,1702,1726]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="montanus">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FEFFF921E8F8DBF6" box="[305,446,1702,1726]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. montanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by male genitalia and color. It can be distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FB88F921EDBCDBF6" authorityName="Berniker &amp; Szerlip &amp; Forero &amp; Weirauch" authorityYear="2011" box="[1094,1274,1702,1726]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wygodzinskyi">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FB88F921EDBCDBF6" box="[1094,1274,1702,1726]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. wygodzinskyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the lack of a margin on the scutellum and the mostly solid black pronotum and legs.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB28C476F12FFC4FF09F969EB65DA96" blockId="22.[151,1436,1594,2014]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
The type of 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FE9FF969EB05DA4E" baseAuthorityName="Fallou" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[337,579,1774,1798]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipennis">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FE9FF969EB05DA4E" box="[337,579,1774,1798]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Apiomerus rufipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is at the MNHN. Fallou, in his original description of 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FB63F969EC78DA4E" baseAuthorityName="Fallou" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[1197,1342,1774,1798]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipennis">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FB63F969EC78DA4E" box="[1197,1342,1774,1798]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. rufipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, did not state whether the description was based upon a single individual or a type series, but a single measurement of 
<quantity id="4CF521A26F12FFC4FA4EF895E984DA06" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" unit="mm" value="14.0">14 mm</quantity>
was given, suggesting a single specimen was examined. The specimen at the MNHN has a label indicating it was collected by Fallou, and bears a red “type” label, supporting this specimen as the 
<typeStatus id="54B632E56F12FFC4FB47F8DDEDADDA3A" box="[1161,1259,1882,1906]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of the species. Images of this specimen, including of the pygophore, have been sufficient to determine that 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FB56F8F9EC6EDADE" baseAuthorityName="Fallou" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[1176,1320,1918,1942]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipennis">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FB56F8F9EC6EDADE" box="[1176,1320,1918,1942]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. rufipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a member of the 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FEC5F824E835DAF2" authorityName="Det. by" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1803" box="[267,371,1955,1978]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crassipes">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FEC5F824E835DAF2" box="[267,371,1955,1978]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">crassipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group (based on the rami of the median process), and sufficient enough to identify the material examined as 
<taxonomicName id="4C0DF7C46F12FFC4FE42F841EB5BDA96" baseAuthorityName="Fallou" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[396,541,1990,2014]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Apiomerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipennis">
<emphasis id="B97950556F12FFC4FE42F841EB5BDA96" box="[396,541,1990,2014]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. rufipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB28C476F13FFC5FF59FF1FEA7FDDE7" blockId="23.[151,825,151,176]" box="[151,825,151,176]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="B97950556F13FFC5FF59FF1FE82DDDF8" box="[151,363,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Material examined</emphasis>
: See Appendix; 
<specimenCount id="9D0B47CE6F13FFC5FDE8FF10EBF8DDE7" box="[550,702,151,175]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="generic">49 specimens</specimenCount>
examined.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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