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Material examined.
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: Hormozgan:
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Shahvar,
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NW Mineb [= Minab] (
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, Locality No. 202), 18.19.
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♀, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha, N. Vinokurov det. (
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).
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Sekand,
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ENE Sarbáz (
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, Locality No. 144), 31.iii.1.
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iv.1973,
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♂, Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha, N. Vinokurov det. (
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).
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: Central:
</emphasis>
Bagmati Province, Nagarjun (
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),
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a.s.l., forest, 29.
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♀, J. Farkač, D. Král &amp; J. Schneider lgt., P. Kment det. (
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).
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: Dhofar:
</emphasis>
Wadi Al Mughsayl, 29.31.
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♀, J. Horák lgt. (
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).
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F21086C76AC1FE813A60" bold="true" box="[199,298,503,528]" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">Habitat.</emphasis>
In
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this species has been collected in the following habitats: small fields near to an oasis watered by a salty brook, and small salty swamps in the oasis (locality Sekand), and gravel-sandy aluvial semi-desert (locality Minab).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F21086C76952FEE13A0D" bold="true" box="[199,330,612,637]" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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described
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from
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(
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from Karachi,
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before Korangi Creek) and compared it to
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(Distant, 1904)
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, a taxon regarded as junior subjective synonym of
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F2108731699AFE5D3AB5" box="[305,502,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">Saldula ornatula</emphasis>
(Reuter, 1881)
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by
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. They listed the following differential diagnosis: This species is allied to
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but differs in the coloration of clavus and corium, also all antennal segments are unicolorous unlike
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. In some specimens the pale claval and corial spots near apex of clavus are very small and occasionally lacking but the median spots on corium are always present. Size also varies considerably in males from 2.3 to 3.3 mm and in females from 2.8 to 3.5 mm. (
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).
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transferred
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to the genus
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F210858068B2FBB23BED" box="[896,1049,900,925]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">Micracanthia</emphasis>
Reuter, 1912
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, and listed
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F210834668B2FF713BB0" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">Saldula minor</emphasis>
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in its synonymy as new synomym, but providing no comment on these nomenclatural acts. Overlooking the actions of
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,
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independently transferred
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F21085E868FBFBCD3B95" box="[1000,1126,972,997]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">S. ornatula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the genus
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F210830468FAFA373B95" box="[1284,1436,972,997]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">Micracanthia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on examination of
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originating from
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and
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(as
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), listed the morphological characters to support the new generic placement, and figured its paramere and parandria. He also stated:
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<taxonomicName id="30C2B9D2FF92F21086EC6F01FE7E3C20" box="[236,469,1079,1104]" class="Insecta" family="Saldidae" genus="Micracanthia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="373" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">Micracanthia minor</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
most likely is a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F210856C6F0FFC583C20" box="[876,1011,1079,1104]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">M. ornatula</emphasis>
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, but the status of this form cannot be determined with confidence since the illustrations in the original description (
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) are not quite exact. (
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). Finally,
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did not list
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F21082A16F49FAEF3CE8" box="[1185,1348,1151,1176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">Saldula minor</emphasis>
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among synonyms of
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F210872D6F93FE183CCD" box="[301,435,1188,1213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">M. ornatula</emphasis>
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, however, they recorded
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F21084CE6F93FCF83CCD" box="[718,851,1188,1213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">M. ornatula</emphasis>
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from
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based on two females from Karachi,
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. before Korangi Creek, no date, coll. A. Hamid, the
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locality of
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F21085D06FFEFB853C90" box="[976,1070,1224,1248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">S. minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F77DC251FF92F21086C76FDAFAFE3D58" blockId="6.[151,1436,287,1464]" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">
There seems little doubt that
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F21084366FDAFD743D74" box="[566,735,1260,1285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">Saldula minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
fits fully within the variability of the widely distributed
<taxonomicName id="30C2B9D2FF92F21086976E39FE3C3D58" box="[151,407,1295,1320]" class="Insecta" family="Saldidae" genus="Micracanthia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="373" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornatula">
<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F21086976E39FE3C3D58" box="[151,407,1295,1320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">Micracanthia ornatula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and we therefore confirm
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F21084C06E26FCB43D58" box="[704,799,1296,1320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">S. minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as junior subjective synonym of the latter species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="C5B61E43FF92F21086C76E02FECB3D3D" bold="true" box="[199,352,1332,1357]" pageId="6" pageNumber="373">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World (
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;
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;
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,
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;
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;
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Aukema
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2013
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). In
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it was previously known only from Hormozgan (
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); here it is first recorded from Sistan and Baluchistan.
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First exact record from
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.
</emphasis>
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