Perittopus is a genus of riffle bug, and the sole genus of subfamily Perittopinae. Its species occur from southern India east to Indonesia and north to China in mountain stream habitats. Visually, the red or orange to reddish colour of Perittopus spp. separates them from other members of the Veliidae.
Species
, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists the following species for genus Perittopus:
- Perittopus anthracinus <small>Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020</small>
- Perittopus asiaticus <small>Zettel, 2001</small>
- Perittopus borneensis <small>Zettel, 2001</small>
- Perittopus breddini <small>Kirkaldy, 1901</small> - type species
- Perittopus campbelli <small>Lundblad, 1933</small>
- Perittopus ceylanicus <small>Zettel, 2001</small>
- Perittopus crinalis <small>Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013</small>
- Perittopus falciformis <small>Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013</small>
- Perittopus horvathi <small>Lundblad, 1933</small>
- Perittopus laosensis <small>Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020</small>
- Perittopus maculatus <small>Paiva, 1919</small>
- Perittopus rufus <small>Distant, 1903</small>
- Perittopus schuhi <small>Zettel, 2001</small>
- Perittopus sumatrensis <small>Zettel, 2001</small>
- Perittopus trizonus <small>Ye, Qiao, Jin & Bu, 2020</small>
- Perittopus vicarians <small>Breddin, 1905</small>
- Perittopus webbi <small>Zettel, 2001</small>
- Perittopus yunnanensis <small>Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013</small>
- Perittopus zhengi <small>Ye, Chen & Bu, 2013</small>
- Perittopus zimmermannae <small>Zettel, 2011</small>
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