Guide To The Aquatic Heteroptera Of Singapore And Peninsular Malaysia. Viii. Leptopodomorpha, Families Saldidae, Leptopodidae, And Omaniidae
Author
Polhemus, John T.
Author
Polhemus, Dan A.
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2012
2012-08-31
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2
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5348097
2345-7600
5348097
Genus
Rupisalda
J.
Polhemus, 1985
Discussion.
— Species in the genus
Rupisalda
were transferred from
Saldula
by J.
Polhemus (1985)
, and may be recognised on the basis of a the strongly raised callus on the pronotum set off by a row of pits, the forewing membrane bearing four cells of approximately equal length, and the simple structure of the hypocostal ridge (compare
Figs. 12–14
). They also preferentially inhabit rheocrenes and spray-wetted bedrock faces adjacent to waterfalls, rather than the horizontal littoral habitats preferred by
Saldula
species.