taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C3812FFFC0FF9F23EFFBB96AD44B98.taxon	materials_examined	Type species. Venustsalda locella gen. et sp. nov.	en	Zhang, Weiting, Song, Jingjing, Yao, Yunzhi, Ren, Dong (2012): A new fossil Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous in China. Zootaxa 3273: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280827
03C3812FFFC0FF9F23EFFBB96AD44B98.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Compound eyes large, covering most of head in lateral view. Rostrum reaching to the base of hind coxae. Posterior pronotal margin indented distinctly. Forewings covering abdomen, macropterous; medial fracture and costal fracture long; hypocostal ridge and associated secondary hypocostal ridge present on hemelytra; corial vein reaching to outermost cell; veins on membrane forming six closed cells. In male, parandrium tapered.	en	Zhang, Weiting, Song, Jingjing, Yao, Yunzhi, Ren, Dong (2012): A new fossil Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous in China. Zootaxa 3273: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280827
03C3812FFFC0FF9F23EFFBB96AD44B98.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The generic name is a combination of the Latin “ venust- ” (meaning “ charming ”) and “ Salda ” (the type genus of this family). Gender feminine.	en	Zhang, Weiting, Song, Jingjing, Yao, Yunzhi, Ren, Dong (2012): A new fossil Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous in China. Zootaxa 3273: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280827
03C3812FFFC0FF9F23EFFBB96AD44B98.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China.	en	Zhang, Weiting, Song, Jingjing, Yao, Yunzhi, Ren, Dong (2012): A new fossil Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous in China. Zootaxa 3273: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280827
03C3812FFFC0FF9F23EFFBB96AD44B98.taxon	discussion	Remark. It is indubitable to classify this species into the family Saldidae based on the combination of characters: compound eyes large, rostrum long, posterior margin of pronotum concave, hemelytra with costal fracture and medial fracture, membrane with few cells. The new genus has six cells on its membrane, which is different from the normal cell number in Saldidae. In most saldids, the innermost cell (first cell) is longest, whereas in this new genus the normal innermost cell seems to be divided into two cells, and then finally form six cells on membrane. Therefore, the six-cells system is speculated to be derived from the five-cells system. According to its long medial fracture and costal fracture, we intend to put this genus in Chiloxanthinae. Both Venustsalda gen. nov. and Brevrimatus Zhang, Yao & Ren, 2011 come from the same formation; but the former easily differs from the latter in body size less than 6.5 mm (vs. reaches to 8.0 mm), medial fracture fused together with costal fracture (vs. medial fracture short, not connect with costal fracture), membrane with six closed cells (vs. membrane with five closed cells), and forewings surpassing the end of abdomen (vs. forewings at most reach to the end of abdomen). Venustsalda gen. nov. is similar to Oligosaldina Statz & Wagner, 1950 in body size, but can be distinguished from the latter: forewing with costal fracture (vs. without costal fracture), body dorsal surface smooth, without long hair (vs. body covered by long hair), membrane with six cells (vs. five cells). PLATE 1. Photograph of Venustsalda locella gen. et sp. nov., Holotype, CNU-HET-LB 2010335. Propentacora froeschneri (Lewis), initially assigned to the genus Oreokora (Lewis 1969) in the subfamily Saldinae, was transfered to the genus Propentacora in Chiloxanthinae (Polhemus 1977, 1985). Venus tsalda gen. nov. compared with Propentacora (Lewis): length of hemelytra over 4 mm (vs. less 3 mm), membrane with six cells (vs. five cells), the innermost cell (first cell) shorter than the third cell (vs. the innermost cell longest, cells reduced gradually from the inner to the outer as the normal arrangement), and corial vein reaching to the outermost cell (vs. corial vein continue between cells three and four). Salda is an extant genus with two fossil species. Most members of Salda have four cells and the fossil species S. exigua Germar & Berendt, 1856 has only three cells. Venustsalda gen. nov. has six cells, more than that in Salda.	en	Zhang, Weiting, Song, Jingjing, Yao, Yunzhi, Ren, Dong (2012): A new fossil Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous in China. Zootaxa 3273: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280827
03C3812FFFC5FF9F23EFFE306ED54FAE.taxon	description	Description. Body small, oval, 2.0 times as long as wide. Head short and broad, 1.7 times as wide as long, length of head almost subequal to length of pronotum on midline. Antennae long, slender, four-segmented, ratio of antennal segments I: II: III: IV = 1: 2.8: 1.9: 1.8. Pronotum subtrapezoid, 3.1 times as wide as long, moderately narrowed towards the front, anterior margin narrower than head, lateral margins nearly straight, posterior margin concave, posterior angles feebly rounded. Scutellum longer than pronotum on midline, triangle, and width about 1.4 times of length. Fore femora stout, subequal to length of corresponding tibiae, tibiae 1.9 times as long as tarsi; mid tibiae 2.0 times as long as tarsi; hind legs longest, tibiae about 1.7 times as long as femora, and 2.3 times as long as tarsi, tibiae with a row of stout setae on lateral margin, tarsi three-segmented, tarsomere I shortest, tarsomere II 1.3 times as long as tarsomere III; all tarsi with two claws. Hemelytra 0.8 times as long as body, covering apex of abdomen, clavus about half length of fore wing, claval commissure shorter than scutellum length at median line, corium with embolium, embolium similar in color to corium; outer edge of corium with a white spot at base of hemelytra; hypocostal ridge and associated secondary hypocostal ridge present; corial vein reaching to outermost cell; membrane with six cells, second cell smallest, less than half length of third cell, outermost cell reduced, about half length of adjacent cell. Measurements. Body length 4.81, width 2.39. Head length 0.66, width 1.10 mm. Antenna length I – IV: 0.38, 1.07, 0.75, 0.72. Rostrum length 2.92. Scutellum length 0.85, width 1.23. Length of fore leg: femur 1.19, tibia 1.23, tarsus 0.63; length of middle leg: tibia 1.51, tarsus 0.75; length of hind leg: femur 1.63, tibia 2.75, tarsomere I – III: 0.08, 0.62, 0.46. Length of hemelytra 4.09, width 1.29.	en	Zhang, Weiting, Song, Jingjing, Yao, Yunzhi, Ren, Dong (2012): A new fossil Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous in China. Zootaxa 3273: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280827
03C3812FFFC5FF9F23EFFE306ED54FAE.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, 3, CNU-HET-LB 2010335. Type locality and horizon. Huangbanjigou Village, Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China, Yixian Formation. Early Cretaceous.	en	Zhang, Weiting, Song, Jingjing, Yao, Yunzhi, Ren, Dong (2012): A new fossil Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous in China. Zootaxa 3273: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280827
03C3812FFFC5FF9F23EFFE306ED54FAE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name is derived from Latin word “ locella, ” which indicated the species with small cells. Gender feminine.	en	Zhang, Weiting, Song, Jingjing, Yao, Yunzhi, Ren, Dong (2012): A new fossil Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous in China. Zootaxa 3273: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280827
