Platymeris
Sign in to savePlatymeris is a genus of assassin bug (Reduviidae). Platymeris species are often used in laboratories and as pets.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Reduviidae
- Collections
- SAM, OSAC, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC), USNM
- Recorded in
- Tanzania, Namibia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Reduviidae
- Image
- Platymeris biguttatus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Platymeris
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Platymeris
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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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.
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