Contribution to the faunistics of shore bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) in the Palaearctic Region and the Himalayas
Author
Vinokurov, Nikolay N.
Author
Kment, Petr
text
Zootaxa
2015
4028
3
367
387
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.3
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1175-5326
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Saldula lindbergi
Lindskog, 1975
(
Figs 5
,
7–10
)
Material examined.
LEBANON
:
Nhar el Kelb [= Nahr al-Kalb], near Beirut, 26.
ix.1969,
1
♂, J. Klapperich lgt., N. Vinokurov det. (
NMPC
).
Variability.
In the examined specimen from
Lebanon
(
Fig. 5
) the following characters were observed: Body length 3.85 mm. Pronotum, scutellum, clavus, and corium covered by rather dense semierect golden setae and long dark erect setae. Head with long dark erect setae. Length of antennal segments: I—0.28, II—0.60, III—0.44, IV— 0.34 mm. Antennal segment II black, on apex brown. Paramere (
Fig. 7
) with processus sensualis prominent, bearing of long thin setae, as in the
holotype
(see
Fig. 8
). However, there are some differences compared to the
type
specimens: Body more slender, 2.58 times longer than its width (in
holotype
2.13). Body dark-colored, with yellow spots on clavus and corium; transverse band in anterior half of corium narrower and almost interrupted near MRvein. Distance between parandria narrower than in
holotype
(cf.
Figs 9, 10
).
Distribution.
An East Mediterranean species described from
Cyprus
and southern
Turkey
and so far known only from few collected specimens (see
Lindskog 1975
,
1995
;
Fent
et al.
2011
).
New species record for
Lebanon
.