-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-​True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-​Cimicomorph Bugs (Superfamily Reduvioidea)

-​Assassin Bugs (Family Reduviidae)

-​Subfamily Harpactorinae

-Tribe Apiomerini

-Genus Apiomerus

-Black Bee Assassin (Apiomerus longispinis)

The Black Bee Assassin (Apiomerus longispinis) is a species of predatory true bug belonging to the family Reduviidae, commonly known as assassin bugs. This particular species is known for its distinctive behavior of preying on bees and other pollinators. Apiomerus longispinis has a dark-colored body, often black or dark brown, with spiny projections on its thorax. Apiomerus longispinis is primarily a predator of bees, hence the nickname "Black Bee Assassin." It waits in flowers to ambush bees and other pollinating insects.