| Perittopus falciformis | |
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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. falciformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Perittopus falciformis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013 | |
Perittopus falciformis is a species of riffle bug from China, first described in 2013 by Zhen Ye, Pingping Chen and Wenjun Bu, based on apterous specimens collected in Yunnan Province at an altitude of 1500 m. Winged specimens of either sex are thus far unknown.
Taxonomy
Based on male genital characteristics, Perittopus falciformis can be placed to the "western species group" in Perittopus, and appears closely related to Perittopus zhengi and Perittopus laosensis.
References
- "Perittopus falciformis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ 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): 36–37. 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. PMID 33056223. S2CID 222819813. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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| Perittopus falciformis | |
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