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World Saldidae: Supplement (1987–2018) to the catalog and bibliography of the Leptopodomorpha (Heteroptera)

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A supplement to the Saldidae section of the “Catalog and bibliography of the Leptopodomorpha (Heteroptera)” published by Schuh, Galil and Polhemus (1987: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 323), is provided. A total of 30 genera and 307 species-group taxa (298 species, 9 subspecies) belonging to 3 tribes and 2 subfamilies of extant Saldidae, is recorded for the world. Changes to the 1987 catalogue are documented. The synonymy and type locality of taxa described between 1987 and 2018 are given. Under each genus, species, and subspecies, geographic distribution is broadly categorised following the terrestrial zoogeographic realms of Holt et al. (2013: Science 339). A summary of the geographic distribution of Saldidae genera is provided as well as faunistic lists of species-group taxa by zoogeographic realms.

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A revised diagnosis of the genus Saldula Van Duzee based upon synapomorphic characters of male genitalia and hemelytral pigmentation patterns is given. According to this concept ca. 55% of the species World-wide currently assigned to Saldula will have to be transferred to other genera. Several new characters are employed in the definition of species and species groups. The species attributable to the pallipes species group are listed and supplemented by a brief overview of the taxonomic relationships of the Old World species. Saldula luteola sp. n. is described from coastal salt marshes on the Island of Djerba, Tunisia. It mainly appears in extremely depigmented morphs unparalleled elsewhere in the Saldidae and likely constitutes a sister-species of S. sardoa Filippi. The conspicuous intraspecific variation in body size and hemelytral pigmentation in S. palustris (Douglas), the closest relative of the former species, is depicted and briefly discussed. The descriptive accounts are accompanied by numerous photographic illustrations of somatic and genital characters.
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The genus Pseudosaldula Cobben, which is restricted to the Andean Subregion of South America, is revised. Fourteen valid species are recognized, nine of them being described as new and 10 previously published names are treated as junior synonyms based on the examination of approximately 3500 specimens from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. All taxa are described or redescribed. A key to the species is provided. Color habitus illustrations, distributional maps, and detailed measurements are provided for all species. Scanning electron micrographs of the vestiture, parameres, parandria, face, and pretarsus are provided for representative species, as are color views of the face and the nymphs. The concept of a postclypeus in the Saldidae is questioned and the term transverse swelling, as coined by Parsons, is applied in discussing distinctive aspects of facial morphology in Pseudosaldula. A previously unreported, presumably glandular, pore is documented on the parameres in the Saldinae in the form of a cavernous pit with internal digitiform processes. A phylogenetic analysis based on morphological character data documents the monophyly of Pseudosaldula. Characters treated as synapomorphic for Pseudosaldula are five cells in the membrane of the forewing, the incomplete connection of the transverse swelling across the posterior margin of the clypeus, and the straight connection across the posterior margin of the parandria; nymphal coloration is also distinctive, although treated as ambiguous because this character was not scored for all species. DNA sequence data from the 16S rDNA region of the mitochondrion and H3 nuclear region were acquired for 13 Pseudosaldula spp. and five outgroup taxa. The combined analysis of morphological and sequence data consistently treated Pseudosaldula as paraphyletic. These results are interpreted as the result of inadequate sampling of both taxa and gene regions, in light of the fact that the patterns of distribution become transpacific, as opposed to a monophyletic group in the Andean Region. Not unexpectedly, several morphological characters documenting the monophyly of Pseudosaldula show greater homoplasy in the combined analysis than when analyzing morphological data alone. Therefore, the results of the morphological cladistic analysis are further used to examine distributional patterns in the group. Five areas of endemism are recognized: northern Andes, northern Peru, Puna, central Chile, and subantarctic; the boundaries of these areas show substantial correspondence with those proposed for other groups of insects.
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A taxonomic revision of the genus Teloleuca Reuter of the fauna of Russia and adjacent territories was made based on the Heteroptera collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). Data on the distribution of five species (T. altaica Vinokurov, T. brancziki Reuter, T. bifasciata Thomson, T. kusnezowi Lindberg, and T. pellucens Fabricius) with dotted maps and a key to the species are given. A new species, T. altaica sp. n., is described from southern Altai (eastern Kazakhstan).
Distribution: Afrotropical; Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian. Chartoscirta cincta paracincta Cobben
  • World
  • Saldidae
  • Chartoscirta
  • Cincta
WORLD SALDIDAE, CATALOG Chartoscirta cincta cincta: Cobben, 1987b: 5. Distribution: Afrotropical; Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian. Chartoscirta cincta paracincta Cobben, 1987
Distribution: Palearctic. Chartoscirta elegantula elegantula (Fallén, 1807)* [pp. 297-299, as C. elegantula] Distribution: Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian. Chartoscirta elegantula longicornis (Jakovlev, 1882) [p. 298, under C. elegantula] Distribution: Oriental; Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian
  • Chartoscirta Cincta Paracincta Cobben
Chartoscirta cincta paracincta Cobben, 1987b: 5. Distribution: Afrotropical. Chartoscirta cocksii (Curtis, 1835) [pp. 296-297] Distribution: Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian. Chartoscirta dilutipennis (Reuter, 1891) [p. 297] Distribution: Palearctic. Chartoscirta elegantula elegantula (Fallén, 1807)* [pp. 297-299, as C. elegantula] Distribution: Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian. Chartoscirta elegantula longicornis (Jakovlev, 1882) [p. 298, under C. elegantula] Distribution: Oriental; Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian; Sino-Japanese. Chartoscirta geminata (Costa, 1853) [p. 299] Distribution: Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian. Chartoscirta laticeps Cobben, 1987
Holotype male (Wageningen Collection)
  • Cobben Chartoscirta Laticeps
Chartoscirta laticeps Cobben, 1987b: 3. Holotype male (Wageningen Collection), Egypt, 50 km N of Ismailia. Distribution: Saharo-Arabian.
  • Halosalda Reuter
Halosalda Reuter, 1912 [pp. 299-300] Distribution: Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian;
Distribution: Afrotropical (Saint Helena Island)
  • Helenasaldula Cobben
Helenasaldula Cobben, 1976 [p. 302] Distribution: Afrotropical (Saint Helena Island). Helenasaldula aberrans (White, 1878)* [p. 303] Distribution: Afrotropical (Saint Helena Island).
Distribution: Nearctic; Oriental; Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian; Sino-Japanese. Saldula opiparia Drake & Hottes
  • Jakovlev Salda Quadrilineata
Salda quadrilineata Jakovlev, 1865: 115. [p. 349, as Saldula quadrilineata] Synonymised by Lindskog, 1995: 130. Distribution: Nearctic; Oriental; Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian; Sino-Japanese. Saldula opiparia Drake & Hottes, 1955 [p. 338] Distribution: Nearctic. Saldula orbiculata (Uhler, 1877) [pp. 338-339] Distribution: Nearctic. Saldula orthochila (Fieber, 1859) [pp. 339-340] Distribution: Oriental; Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian;
Holotype male (Národní Museum in
  • Vinokurov Saldula Pericarti
Saldula pericarti Vinokurov, 2012: 305. Holotype male (Národní Museum in Prague, Czech Republic);
Distribution: Saharo-Arabian. Saldula pexa Drake
  • Jammu India
  • Kashmir State
  • Srinagar
India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Srinagar. Distribution: Saharo-Arabian. Saldula pexa Drake, 1950 [p. 347] Distribution: Nearctic. Saldula pilosella hirsuta (Reuter, 1888) [p. 348, under S. pilosella] Distribution: Palearctic. Saldula pilosella pilosella (Thomson, 1871) [pp. 347-348, as S. pilosella] Distribution: Oriental; Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian;
Morning Side, Toelo forest. Distribution: Afrotropical. Saldula psammobia Rimes
  • Cobben Saldula Pruinosa
Saldula pruinosa Cobben, 1987a: 413. Holotype female (Tervuren Collection),Tanzania, Mt Uluguru, Morning Side, Toelo forest. Distribution: Afrotropical. Saldula psammobia Rimes, 1951 [p. 349] Distribution: Australian (Australia).
  • Cobben Saldula Robertusingeri
Saldula robertusingeri Cobben, 1982 [p. 349] Distribution: Nearctic. Zootaxa 4590 (1) © 2019 Magnolia Press · 143
Distribution: Nearctic; Palearctic; Panamanian; Saharo-Arabian; Sino-Japanese. Saldula sardoa Filippi
  • World
  • Saldidae
WORLD SALDIDAE, CATALOG Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)* [pp. 349-353] Distribution: Nearctic; Palearctic; Panamanian; Saharo-Arabian; Sino-Japanese. Saldula sardoa Filippi, 1957 [p. 353] Distribution: Palearctic. Saldula scitula Drake & Hottes, 1950 [p. 353] Distribution: Neotropical. Saldula setulosa (Puton, 1880) [p. 353] Distribution: Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian. Saldula severini Harris, 1943 [p. 353] Distribution: Nearctic. Saldula sibiricola Cobben, 1985 [p. 353] Distribution: Palearctic. Saldula solomonensis Cobben, 1986 [p. 354] Distribution: Oceanian (Solomon Islands).
Distribution: Madagascan. Saldula sulcicollis (Champion, 1900)
  • Blöte Saldula Sonneveldti
Saldula sonneveldti Blöte, 1947 [p. 354] Distribution: Oriental. Saldula subcarinata (China, 1924) [p. 354] Distribution: Madagascan. Saldula sulcicollis (Champion, 1900) [p. 354] Distribution: Nearctic; Panamanian. Saldula tahitiensis Cobben, 1961 [p. 354] Distribution: Oceanian (French Polynesia).
Distribution: Oriental; Sino-Japanese
  • Cobben Saldula Taiwanensis
Saldula taiwanensis Cobben, 1985 [p. 354] Distribution: Oriental; Sino-Japanese. Saldula tuberculata Cobben, 1987
Holotype female (Wageningen Collection
  • Cobben Saldula Xanthoa
Saldula xanthoa Cobben, 1987a: 411. Holotype female (Wageningen Collection), South Africa, C.P. Wilderness. Distribution: Afrotropical. Saldula xanthochila (Fieber, 1859) [pp. 355-356] Distribution: Oriental; Palearctic; Saharo-Arabian;
Remark: Earlier records from South Africa refer to another species
  • Sino-Japanese
Sino-Japanese. Remark: Earlier records from South Africa refer to another species (Lindskog, 1995: 134).
Holotype female (Coll. Tervuren), Zaïre, Massif Ruwenzori, Kikwo near Kalonge. Distribution: Afrotropical. Saldula zena Polhemus
  • Cobben Saldula Zairensis
Saldula zairensis Cobben, 1987a: 415. Holotype female (Coll. Tervuren), Zaïre, Massif Ruwenzori, Kikwo near Kalonge. Distribution: Afrotropical. Saldula zena Polhemus, 1985 [p. 356] Distribution: Panamanian.
Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. VI. Supplement. The Netherlands Entomological Society
  • B Aukema
  • C Rieger
Aukema, B., Rieger, C. & Rabitsch, W. (Eds.) (2013) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. VI. Supplement. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xxiii + 629 pp.
Suborder Heteroptera. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra
  • G Cassis
  • A Namyatove
  • N Tatarnic
  • C Symonds
Cassis, G., Namyatove, A., Tatarnic, N. & Symonds, C. (2012) Suborder Heteroptera. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Available from: https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ HETEROPTERA;HEMIPTERA (accessed 9 May 2018)