Platymeris

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Platymeris
Platymeris biguttatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Superfamily:	Cimicomorpha
Family:	Reduviidae
Subfamily:	Reduviinae
Genus:	Platymeris Laporte, 1833

Platymeris is a genus of assassin bug (Reduviidae). Platymeris species are often used in laboratories and as pets. The venom of this genus has been studied in a laboratory setting.

Species[]

• Platymeris biguttatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Jeannel, 1917
• Distant, 1902
• Bergroth, 1920
• Stål, 1859
• Germar & Berendt, 1856
• Jeannel, 1917
• Platymeris laevicollis Distant, 1919
• Villiers, 1944
• Germar, 1837
• Platymeris rhadamanthus Gerstaecker, 1873
• Jeannel, 1917
• Distant, 1919

References[]

External links[]

• "Bugs of the World" by George McGavin, ISBN 978-0-7137-2786-9
• "Insects, Spiders and Other Terrestrial Arthropods"[1] by George McGavin
• Easy Insects: "How to keep Platymeris biguttatus"
• http://www.reduviidae.de/biologie.html
• Assassin Bug Care Sheet