Perittopus breddini is an Indonesian species of riffle bug and the designated type species of genus Perittopus.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Veliidae |
| Genus: | Perittopus |
| Species: | P. breddini
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| Binomial name | |
| Perittopus breddini Kirkaldy, 1901[1]
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Distribution and habitat
editPerittopus 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
editFemales 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
edit- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Paiva, C.A. (1918). "Aquatic Rhynchota from the southern Shan states" (PDF). Records of the Indian Museum. 14: 22.
- ^ a b 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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