Perittopus

Perittopus is a genus of riffle bug, and the sole genus of subfamily Perittopinae.^[2] Its species occur from southern India east to Indonesia and north to China in mountain stream habitats.^[3] Visually, the red^[4] or orange to reddish^[2] colour of Perittopus spp. separates them from other members of the Veliidae.^[2]

Perittopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Veliidae
Genus:	Perittopus Fieber, 1861[1]

Species

As of January 2024^[update], the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists the following species for genus Perittopus:^[1]

• Perittopus anthracinus Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020
• Perittopus asiaticus Zettel, 2001
• Perittopus borneensis Zettel, 2001
• Perittopus breddini Kirkaldy, 1901 - type species^[3]
• Perittopus campbelli Lundblad, 1933
• Perittopus ceylanicus Zettel, 2001
• Perittopus crinalis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
• Perittopus falciformis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
• Perittopus horvathi Lundblad, 1933
• Perittopus laosensis Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020
• Perittopus maculatus Paiva, 1919
• Perittopus rufus Distant, 1903
• Perittopus schuhi Zettel, 2001
• Perittopus sumatrensis Zettel, 2001
• Perittopus trizonus Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020
• Perittopus vicarians Breddin, 1905
• Perittopus webbi Zettel, 2001
• Perittopus yunnanensis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
• Perittopus zhengi Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013
• Perittopus zimmermannae Zettel, 2011