Apiomerus pictipes, Herrich-Schaeffer. Numbers, 1846

Berniker, Lily, Szerlip, Sigurd, Forero, Dimitri & Weirauch, Christiane, 2011, 2949, Zootaxa 2949, pp. 1-113 : 27

Key to the species of the pictipes species group

1 Abdominal venter frequently yellow, sometimes brown, but never striped. Large, 15–20 mm in length ( Tab. 2). Pronotum red, frequently with a transverse black band on anterior and posterior lobes, margin of posterior lobe yellow, corium red, ( Fig. 1K, 17C)............................................................. Apiomerus flaviventris Herrich-Schaeffer

- Abdominal venter striped or solid, but rarely yellow. Medium sized, 14–16 mm in length ( Tab. 2). Pronotum red, yellow or orange with a transverse black band on anterior and/or posterior lobe, margin of posterior lobe yellow, rarely pronotum solid black; corium red, yellow or orange, ( Fig. 1L, 17D)........................... Apiomerus pictipes Herrich-Schaeffer