Perittopus yunnanensis
Appearance
Perittopus yunnanensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Veliidae |
Genus: | Perittopus |
Species: | P. yunnanensis
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Binomial name | |
Perittopus yunnanensis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013[1]
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Perittopus yunnanensis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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.