Saldula pericarti Vinokurov, 2012

Li, Zihe, Li, Hongjiao, Bu, Wenjun & Ye, Zhen, 2025, Taxonomic review of Saldula (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Saldidae) from China, Zootaxa 5666 (4), pp. 451-488 : 473-474

Saldula pericarti Vinokurov, 2012

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Saldula pericarti Vinokurov, 2012: 857 .

Chinese common name. ṞḶȗǎãø.

Material examined. CHINA: Xizang: 3 males, 3 females, Rikaze city, Jilong county, Zongga town, 28.8266°N, 85.2921°E, 4000 m, 12 August 2024, Zihe Li leg. (NKUM); 1 male, 3 females, Rikaze city, Dingri county, Pengqu River, 28.4818°N, 87.5702°E, 4159 m, 8 August 2024, Zihe Li leg. (NKUM); 3 males, 3 females, Rikaze city, Kangma county, Samada village, 28.3714°N, 89.5376°E, 4376 m, 6 August 2024, Zihe Li leg. (NKUM); 1 male, 1 female, Rikaze city, Nielamu county, Borong village, 28.6889°N, 85.8163°E, 4688 m, 11 August 2024, Zihe Li leg. (NKUM); 3 males, 3 females, Rikaze county, Nanmulin county, Nanmulin village, 29.6288°N, 89.0465°E, 3931 m, 5 August 2024, Zihe Li leg. (NKUM); 3 males, 2 females, Rikaze city, Gangba county, Changlong village, 28.2310°N, 88.3099°E, 4416 m, Zihe Li leg. (NKUM); 1 male, 3 females, Shannan city, Yadui village, 28.8892°N, 91.9558°E, 4249 m, 3 August 2024, Zihe Li leg. (NKUM).

Diagnosis. Body relatively small, dorsum with dense, long, suberect setae ( Fig. 14a ). Head short and wide, dorsal side with dense, suberect or curved setae, antennomere II with dense, long setae; transverse swelling, mandibular plates, maxillary plates, anteclypeus and labrum yellowish, labiomeres III+IV mainly yellowish-brown, preocellar spots relatively small, cuneiform. Pronotum short and wide, lateral margin nearly straight; exocorium with a large pale spot on basal half, connecting with the eye spot and forming a C-shape pale spot in pale individuals, apical half of endocorium with scattered pale spots, clavus with a pale spot on apical half ( Fig. 14b–d ); legs mainly yellowish, femora with wide black stripe on ventral side and dark spots on lateral side, dorsal side of foretibia with interrupted black stripe, tarsomere III of each leg blackish. Male paramere relatively slender, with long setae on dorsal side, processus sensualis with a small tuft of short hair ( Fig. 14e–g ); parandria blunt, inner margin parallel ( Fig. 14h ); median endosomal sclerites long and slender. Female subgenital plate nearly triangular, apical half pale.

Comparative notes. See comparative notes under S. melanoscela .

Habitats. Saldula pericarti prefers high elevation (i.e. more than 4000 m) riparian habitats, including grasslands or muddy river banks ( Fig. 21 ).

Distribution in China. First recorded from China, Xizang in this study.

General distribution. Saldula pericarti was originally described from northern India (Vinokurov 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Saldula pericarti. a, dorsal habitus, scale=2.0 mm; b–d, variation of hemelytra, scale=2.0 mm; e–g, different views of paramere, scale=0.2 mm; h, parandria, scale=0.2 mm.

FIGURES 20–24. Habitats of Saldula. (20) Xinjiang, Altai Prefecture, Dadonggou; (21) Xizang, Rikaze city, Nanmulin county; (22) Gansu Prov., Wuwei city, Shiyanghe National Wetland Park; (23) Xizang, Rikaze city, Yadong county; (24) Sichuan Prov., Aba Prefecture, Li county.