Biology:Perittopus breddini
| Perittopus breddini | |
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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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Perittopus breddini is an Indonesian species of riffle bug and the designated type species of genus Perittopus.[2][3]
Distribution and habitat
Perittopus 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
Females 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Zettel, Herbert (2001). "Five new species of Perittopus Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera : Veliidae) from Southeast Asia". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49 (1): 109, 117-118. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/06/49rbz109-119.pdf. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ Paiva, C.A. (1918). "Aquatic Rhynchota from the southern Shan states". Records of the Indian Museum 14: 22. https://ia601809.us.archive.org/12/items/biostor-153603/biostor-153603.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Andersen, Nils Møller; Yang, Chang Man; Zettel, Herbert (2002). "Guide to the Aquatic Heteroptera of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia 2. Veliidae". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (National University of Singapore) 50 (1): 235. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/06/50rbz231-249.pdf. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
Wikidata ☰ Q7168917 entry
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