Platymeris

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

Platymeris is a genus of assassin bug (Reduviidae). ^[1] Platymeris species are often used in laboratories and as pets. ^[2]

The venom of this genus has been studied in a laboratory setting. ^[3]

Species

• Platymeris biguttatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Platymeris charon Jeannel, 1917
• Platymeris erebus Distant, 1902
• Platymeris flavipes Bergroth, 1920
• Platymeris guttatipennis Stål, 1859
• Platymeris insignis Germar & Berendt, 1856
• Platymeris kavirondo Jeannel, 1917
• Platymeris laevicollis Distant, 1919
• Platymeris nigripes Villiers, 1944
• Platymeris pyrrhula Germar, 1837
• Platymeris rhadamanthus Gerstaecker, 1873
• Platymeris rufipes Jeannel, 1917
• Platymeris swirei Distant, 1919

References

1. "Platymeris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. "Housing Platymeris biguttatus - Assassin Bugs". Aqua-Fish. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
3. Gao, Fanding; Tian, Li; et al. (2022). "Proteotranscriptomic Analysis and Toxicity Assay Suggest the Functional Distinction between Venom Gland Chambers in Twin-Spotted Assassin Bug, Platymeris biguttatus". Biology. 11 (3): 464. doi: 10.3390/biology11030464 . PMC   8945326 . PMID   35336837.

External links

• "Bugs of the World" by George McGavin, ISBN   978-0-7137-2786-9
• "Insects, Spiders and Other Terrestrial Arthropods" by George McGavin