Perittopus yunnanensis

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Perittopus yunnanensis
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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]

Taxonomy

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Perittopus yunnanensis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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): 37–45, 47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.3. PMID   24758790.
  3. ↑ Ye, Zhen; Qiao, Mu; Jin, Zezhong; Bu, Wenjun (1 October 2020). "Notes on the genus Perittopus Fieber, 1860 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) with descriptions of three new species from Indochina". Zootaxa. 4858 (3): 418, 424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4858.3.7. S2CID   222819813 . Retrieved 15 January 2024.


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