''Perittopus'' is a
genus
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of
riffle bug, and the sole genus of subfamily Perittopinae.
Its species occur from southern
India
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east to
Indonesia
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and north to
China
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in mountain stream habitats.
Visually, the red
or orange to reddish
colour of ''Perittopus'' spp. separates them from other members of the
Veliidae
Veliidae is a family (biology), 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 ...
.
Species
, the
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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lists the following species for genus ''Perittopus'':
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Perittopus anthracinus
''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 ''Pe ...
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Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020
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Perittopus asiaticus''
Zettel, 2001
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Perittopus borneensis''
Zettel, 2001
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Perittopus breddini''
Kirkaldy, 1901 - type species
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Perittopus campbelli''
Lundblad, 1933
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Perittopus ceylanicus''
Zettel, 2001
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Perittopus crinalis''
Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
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Perittopus falciformis''
Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
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Perittopus horvathi
''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 ''Pe ...
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Lundblad, 1933
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Perittopus laosensis''
Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020
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Perittopus maculatus''
Paiva, 1919
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Perittopus rufus''
Distant, 1903
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Perittopus schuhi''
Zettel, 2001
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Perittopus sumatrensis''
Zettel, 2001
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Perittopus trizonus
''Perittopus'' is a genus of Veliidae, 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 colou ...
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Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020
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Perittopus vicarians''
Breddin, 1905
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Perittopus webbi''
Zettel, 2001
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Perittopus yunnanensis
''Perittopus yunnanensis'' 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, for which it is named.
Taxonomy
Based on male genital characteristics, ''Perittop ...
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Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
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Perittopus zhengi
''Perittopus zhengi'' is a species of riffle bug from Thailand (Chiang Mai Province). 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" ...
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Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
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Perittopus zimmermannae
''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 ''Pe ...
''
Zettel, 2011
References
Veliidae
Gerromorpha genera
Hemiptera of Asia
Taxa named by Franz Xaver Fieber
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