Perittopus breddini

Perittopus breddini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Veliidae
Genus:	Perittopus
Species:	P. breddini
Binomial name
	Perittopus breddini; Kirkaldy, 1901

Perittopus breddini is an Indonesian species of riffle bug and the designated type species of genus Perittopus.

Distribution and habitat

Perittopus breddini is confined to Bali and Central and East Java, where it is found on mountains at altitudes between 730 and 1550 m above sea level.

In 2001, Perittopus specimens formerly identified as belonging to respectively P. breddini or P. vicarians in Malaysia, Thailand and China were described as a new species: P. asiaticus.

Description

Females larger than males; winged ("macropterous") specimens larger than wingless ("apterous") specimens of the same sex. Size ranges from 3.2 mm to 4.0 mm. Wingless specimens resemble those of Perittopus crinalis, but can be separated in females by the shape of the black mark on the pronotum (heart-shaped on P. breddini and indistinct on P. crinalis) and in males by the genital characteristics.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Zettel, Herbert (2001). "Five new species of Perittopus Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera : Veliidae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 49 (1): 109, 117–118. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.3. PMID 24758790.
↑ Paiva, C.A. (1918). "Aquatic Rhynchota from the southern Shan states" (PDF). Records of the Indian Museum. 14: 22.
1 2 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. 50 (1). National University of Singapore: 235. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

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[Zettel-2001-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Zettel, Herbert (2001). "Five new species of Perittopus Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera : Veliidae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 49 (1): 109, 117–118. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[Ye-Chen-Bu-2013-2] 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.3. PMID 24758790.

[Paiva-1918-3] Paiva, C.A. (1918). "Aquatic Rhynchota from the southern Shan states" (PDF). Records of the Indian Museum. 14: 22.

[Andersen-Yang-Zettel-2002-4] 1 2 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. 50 (1). National University of Singapore: 235. Retrieved 11 January 2024.