| Perittopus zhengi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Veliidae |
| Genus: | Perittopus |
| Species: | P. zhengi |
| Binomial name | |
| Perittopus zhengi Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013 | |
Perittopus zhengi is a species of riffle bug from Chiang Mai Thailand name after Professor Leyi Zheng.[1]
Description
Both males and females are orange and brown with dark brown, segmentented antennae. The apterous females are slightly longer at 3-3.1mm long with the males only measuring 2.7mm long. However, the macropterous (winged) males are larger than the females, measuring 3.4-3.5mm and 3.2mm respectively.[1]
References
- 1 2 Ye, Zhen; Chen, Pingping; Bu, Wenjun (2013-02-17). "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): 31–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
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