Perittopus breddini

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Perittopus breddini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Veliidae
Genus: Perittopus
Species:
P. breddini
Binomial name
Perittopus breddini
Kirkaldy, 1901 [1]

Perittopus breddini is an Indonesian species of riffle bug and the designated type species of genus Perittopus . [2] [3]

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Distribution and habitat

Perittopus breddini is confined to Bali and Central and East Java, [1] [4] where it is found on mountains at altitudes between 730 and 1550 m above sea level. [1]

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 . [1] [4]

Description

Females larger than males; winged ("macropterous") specimens larger than wingless ("apterous") specimens of the same sex. [1] Size ranges from 3.2 mm to 4.0 mm. [1] 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. [2]

References

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


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