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Issue: Vol. 3616 No. 1: 18 Feb. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-02-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.3
Page range: 31–48
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Contribution to the knowledge on the Oriental genus Perittopus Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) with descriptions of four new species from China and Thailand

Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071,China
Netherlands Biodiversity Centre – Naturalis, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071,China
Hemiptera Heteroptera Veliidae Perittopus new species China Thailand

Abstract

Five species of the genus Perittopus Fieber, 1861 from China and Thailand are treated in this paper including four new species: P. crinalis sp. nov., P. falciformis sp. nov., and P. yunnanensis sp. nov. are from Yunnan Province, China; and P. zhengi sp. nov. from Chiang Mai, Thailand. The morphological descriptions are given for all the treated species. The photographs and the drawings of female habitus and male and female diagnostics are provided. A key to these five species is provided. The discussion on the identity of P. asiaticus Zettel, 2001 is given.

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