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Saldula Van Duzee 1914

Description

Genus Saldula Van Duzee, 1914

Discussion. — The genus Saldula is the most speciose genus in the Saldidae, and is distributed worldwide, from the tropics to the arctic, occurring on every continent except Antarctica. Diagnostic characters for this genus include the presence of an oblique secondary hypocostal ridge that intersects with the costal margin midway between the embolar base and the fracture (compare Figs. 12–14), reduced ocelli, and the callus of the pronotum bearing a well-defined pit (J. Polhemus, 1985). Two species are known to occur in Peninsular Malaysia.

Notes

Published as part of Polhemus, John T. & Polhemus, Dan A., 2012, Guide To The Aquatic Heteroptera Of Singapore And Peninsular Malaysia. Viii. Leptopodomorpha, Families Saldidae, Leptopodidae, And Omaniidae, pp. 329-341 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (2) on page 337, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5348097

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Saldidae
Genus
Saldula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Van Duzee
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Saldula Duzee, 1914 sec. Polhemus & Polhemus, 2012

References

  • Van Duzee, E. P., 1914. Nomenclatural and critical notes on Hemiptera. Canadian Entomologist, 46: 377 - 389.
  • Polhemus, J. T., 1985. Shorebugs (Heteroptera: Hemiptera; Saldidae): A World Overview and Taxonomy of Middle American Forms. The Different Drummer, Englewood, Colorado. v + 252 pp.