| Perittopus yunnanensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Veliidae |
| Genus: | Perittopus |
| Species: | P. yunnanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Perittopus yunnanensis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013 [1] | |
Perittopus yunnanensis is a species of riffle bug first described in 2013 by Zhen Ye, Pingping Chen and Wenjun Bu. [2] It is recorded from Yunnan Province, China, for which it is named. [2]
Based on male genital characteristics, Perittopus yunnanensis can be placed to the "eastern species group" of genus Perittopus . [2] The species appears closely related to Perittopus anthracinus [3] and Perittopus crinalis . [2]
The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera. As hemipterans, they possess a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 families. Among these are the stink bugs and shield bugs, jewel bugs, giant shield bugs, and burrower bugs.
Veliidae is a family of gregarious predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera. They are commonly known as riffle bugs, small water striders, or broad-shouldered water striders because the segment immediately behind the head is wider than the rest of the abdomen. Species of the genus Rhagovelia are also referred to as ripple bugs.
Acanthosomatidae is a family of Hemiptera, commonly named "shield bugs" or "stink bugs". Kumar in his 1974 world revision recognized 47 genera; now this number is 55 genera, with about 200 species, and it is one of the least diverse families within Pentatomoidea. The Acanthosomatidae species are found throughout the world, being most abundant in high-latitude temperate regions and in subtropical regions at high altitudes.
Perittopus is a genus of riffle bug, and the sole genus of subfamily Perittopinae. Its species occur from southern India east to Indonesia and north to China in mountain stream habitats. Visually, the red or orange to reddish colour of Perittopus spp. separates them from other members of the Veliidae.
Gracixalus is a genus of shrub frogs from south-eastern Asia.
Perittopus asiaticus is a species of riffle bug from Malaysia, China, and Thailand.
Perittopus breddini is an Indonesian species of riffle bug and the designated type species of genus Perittopus.
Perittopus crinalis is a species of riffle bug first described in 2013 by Zhen Ye, Pingping Chen and Wenjun Bu. It is recorded from Yunnan Province, China.
Perittopus falciformis is a species of riffle bug from China, first described in 2013 by Zhen Ye, Pingping Chen and Wenjun Bu, based on apterous specimens collected in Yunnan Province at an altitude of 1500 m. Winged specimens of either sex are thus far unknown.
Perittopus zhengi is a species of riffle bug from Thailand. It was described in 2013 by Zhen Ye, Pingping Chen and Wenjun Bu, and is named after Professor Leyi Zheng. Its authors placed it to the "eastern species group" within genus Perittopus.
Tachygerris is a genus of Water Strider.
Ambohitanyela is a genus of flat bugs which contains the single species Ambohitanyela yuripopovi from Madagascar.
Tenagogonus is a genus of Water Striders.
Pinthaeus is a genus of stink bugs.
Parastrachia is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Parastrachiidae. It was established in 1883 by the English entomologist William Lucas Distant. It consists of only two species from Eastern Asia, Parastrachia japonensis and Parastrachia nagaensis. Like some other members of the superfamily Pentatomoidea, they exhibit maternal care of eggs.
Buenoa is a genus of backswimmer. It was created by George Willis Kirkaldy in 1904 to include all species of Anisops from the Western Hemisphere with a two-segmented front tarsus in males, reserving the latter genus for Eastern Hemisphere species with a one-segmented front tarsus in males. It contains 69 described species.
Microvelia buenoi is a species of smaller water strider in the family Veliidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia and North America.
Aquarius conformis is a species of water strider in the family Gerridae. It is found in eastern North America from Quebec west to Wisconsin and south to Florida and Mexico.
Hermatobates is a genus of wingless marine bugs placed as the sole genus in the family Hermatobatidae that are sometimes known as coral-treaders. They are quite rare and known only from coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. During low tide, they move over the water surface not unlike the more familiar water-striders around coral atolls and reefs and stay submerged in reef crevices during high tide.
Aquarius nebularis is a species of water strider in the family Gerridae. It is found in the eastern United States from New York south to central Florida and west to Louisiana, Arkansas, and Iowa.
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