''Platymeris'' is a genus of assassin bug (
Reduviidae
The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. The main exampl ...
). ''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
''Platymeris biguttatus'' or two-spotted assassin bug is a venomous predatory true bug of west and southwest African origin ranging in size from 10–40 mm. As a true bug of the order hemiptera, it has needle like mouth parts designed fo ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1767)
* ''
Platymeris charon''
Jeannel, 1917
* ''
Platymeris erebus''
Distant, 1902
* ''
Platymeris flavipes''
Bergroth, 1920
* ''
Platymeris guttatipennis
''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'' (Carl Linnaeus, Li ...
''
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
External links
* "Bugs of the World" by
George McGavin
George C. McGavin is a British entomologist, author, academic, television presenter and explorer.
Background
McGavin attended Daniel Stewart's College, a private school in Edinburgh, then studied Zoology at the University of Edinburgh from 1 ...
,
* "Insects, Spiders and Other Terrestrial Arthropod
by
George McGavin
George C. McGavin is a British entomologist, author, academic, television presenter and explorer.
Background
McGavin attended Daniel Stewart's College, a private school in Edinburgh, then studied Zoology at the University of Edinburgh from 1 ...
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Reduviidae