Perittopus yunnanensis

Perittopus yunnanensis is a species of riffle bug first described in 2013 by Zhen Ye, Pingping Chen and Wenjun Bu.^[2] It is recorded from Yunnan Province, China, for which it is named.^[2]

Perittopus yunnanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Veliidae
Genus:	Perittopus
Species:	P. yunnanensis
Binomial name
Perittopus yunnanensis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013[1]

Taxonomy

Based on male genital characteristics, Perittopus yunnanensis can be placed to the "eastern species group" of genus Perittopus.^[2] The species appears closely related to Perittopus anthracinus^[3] and Perittopus crinalis.^[2]