Perittopus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Veliidae
Genus: Perittopus
Fieber, 1861[1]

Perittopus is a genus of riffle bug, and the sole genus of subfamily Perittopinae.[2] Its species occur from southern India east to Indonesia and north to China in mountain stream habitats.[3] Visually, the red[4] or orange to reddish[2] colour of Perittopus spp. separates them from other members of the Veliidae.[2]

Species

As of January 2024, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists the following species for genus Perittopus:[1]

  • Perittopus anthracinus Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020
  • Perittopus asiaticus Zettel, 2001
  • Perittopus borneensis Zettel, 2001
  • Perittopus breddini Kirkaldy, 1901 - type species[3]
  • Perittopus campbelli Lundblad, 1933
  • Perittopus ceylanicus Zettel, 2001
  • Perittopus crinalis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
  • Perittopus falciformis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
  • Perittopus horvathi Lundblad, 1933
  • Perittopus laosensis Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020
  • Perittopus maculatus Paiva, 1919
  • Perittopus rufus Distant, 1903
  • Perittopus schuhi Zettel, 2001
  • Perittopus sumatrensis Zettel, 2001
  • Perittopus trizonus Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020
  • Perittopus vicarians Breddin, 1905
  • Perittopus webbi Zettel, 2001
  • Perittopus yunnanensis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
  • Perittopus zhengi Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
  • Perittopus zimmermannae Zettel, 2011

References

  1. 1 2 "Perittopus Fieber, 1861". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Zettel, Herbert (2001). "Five new species of Perittopus Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera : Veliidae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 49 (1). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 Ye, Zhen; Chen, Pingping; Bu, Wenjun (17 February 2013). "Contribution to the knowledge on the Oriental genus Perittopus Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) with descriptions of four new species from China and Thailand". Zootaxa. 3616 (1): 31–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.3. PMID 24758790.
  4. ↑ Andersen, Nils Møller; Yang, Chang Man; Zettel, Herbert (2002). "Guide to the Aquatic Heteroptera of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia 2. Veliidae" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. National University of Singapore. 50 (1): 233, 235. Retrieved 11 January 2024.


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