Platymeris

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

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

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