Saldula lindskogi Vinokurov, 2004

Li, Zihe, Li, Hongjiao, Bu, Wenjun & Ye, Zhen, 2025, Taxonomic review of Saldula (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Saldidae) from China, Zootaxa 5666 (4), pp. 451-488 : 461-462

Saldula lindskogi Vinokurov, 2004

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Sadula lindskogi Vinokurov, 2004a: 29 ; Vinokurov, 2004b: 106; Vinokurov & Kment, 2015: 375.

Chinese common name. 多ŧãø.

Material examined. CHINA: Inner Mongolia: 1 male, Alashan Zuoqi Banner, Jilantai Desert Botanical Garden, light-trapped, 39.7581°N, 105.7805°E, 1035 m, 25 July 2016, Yang Wang leg. (NKUM); 1 male, 3 females, Ejina Banner, Juyanhai Lake, 42.3344°N, 101.2589°E (NKUM).

Diagnosis. Body relatively slender, dorsum with extremely long, erect, black hairs and dense, golden pubescence ( Fig. 6a ). Head short and wide, frons with dense, long, erect setae, antennomere II yellowish-brown, slender, with long, erect setae, antennomeres III and IV dark-brown, relatively short and stout; transverse swelling yellowish, mandibular plates and maxillary plates mainly black, anteclypeus yellowish, labrum mainly black with yellowish marking on median part, labiomeres III+IV mainly yellowish; preocellar spot nearly circular. Pronotum short and wide, lateral margin nearly straight or shallowly concave; exocorium mainly pale, with slender dark stripes on median part, endocorium with pale stripes, clavus with a slender, triangular, pale spot on apical half ( Fig. 6b–e ); legs mainly pale-yellowish, femora with dark markings on lateral side, dorsal side of tibiae with dark spot on basal end, apex of tibiae infuscate, tarsomere III with dark apex. Male paramere relatively stout, with long hairs on dorsal side, lateral side with a tooth-like process on the level of processus sensualis, apex of processus sensualis with a small tuft of short setae ( Fig. 6f–h ); parandria relatively slender, with subparallel margins, distance between inner margins relatively wide ( Fig. 6i ); median endosomal sclerites V-shaped, relatively slender. Female subgenital plate relatively blunt, apical half pale.

Comparative notes. Saldula lindskogi is similar to S. opacula for color pattern on the hemelytra, lacking a black stripe on the dorsal side of the foretibia, and with a tooth-like process on the level of processus sensualis of the male paramere. However, S. lindskogi can be distinguished by the very long hairs on the dorsum and nearly straight or shallowly concave lateral margin of the pronotum.

Habitats. Saldula lindskogi was regarded as a desert species in the original description ( Vinokurov 2004a).

Distribution in China. First documented in China, Inner Mongolia in this study.

General distribution. Saldula lindskogi is mainly distributed in Middle Asia (i.e., Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan) ( Vinokurov 2004a, Vinokurov & Kment 2015).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Saldula lindskogi. a, dorsal habitus, scale=2.0 mm; b–e, variation of hemelytra, scale=2.0 mm; f–h, different views of paramere, scale=0.2 mm; i, parandria, scale=0.2 mm.