Saldidae, Amyot & Serville, 1843

Larivière, Marie-Claude & Larochelle, André, 2016, Aoteasalda and Kiwisaldula, two new genera of Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with a key to New Zealand genera and a new synonymy in Zemacrosaldula, Zootaxa 4085 (4), pp. 451-480 : 453-454

Key to New Zealand Saldidae genera

Remark. Additional helpful but not necessarily exclusive characters are provided between square brackets.

1 Hemelytra ( Figs 9–12 ) marbled in colour, with a distinct eyespot subbasally on endocorium, without a line of three to four pale spots along R vein. Antennal segment II largely paler than segments III–IV, clothed over entire length with short setae, with some longer setae in apical half. Lateral margins of pronotum ( Figs 9–12 ) broadly pale (rarely narrowly pale), explanate, separated from disc by a longitudinal furrow. [Rather small in size, 2.75–4.34 (3.44) mm long; subbrachypterous to macropterous.].................................................................................. Kiwisaldula new genus

- Hemelytra ( Fig. 1 ) speckled in colour, without a distinct eyespot subbasally on endocorium, with a line of three to four pale spots along R vein. Antennal segment II dark, not distinctly paler than segments III–IV (often pale in apical fourth or sometimes from base to apex along one side only), clothed over entire length with short setae, without longer setae in apical half. Lateral margins of pronotum very narrowly pale or completely dark, not explanate, not separated from disc by a longitudinal furrow. [Larger in size, 3.77–6.28 (4.72) mm long; macropterous.]............................................. 2

2 Hemelytral pubescence short, mostly semi-erect and whitish. Xyphus 2 of thorax underside as long as or longer than wide, subtriangular. Abdominal venter largely dark in both sexes. Inner membrane of male parandria present along basal quarter to basal third of inner margins. Processus hamatus of male paramere at right angle with corpus paramerus. [Larger species, on average 5.15 mm long.].................................................. Zemacrosaldula Larivière & Larochelle, 2015

- Hemelytral pubescence longer, mostly reclined and whitish yellow to golden brown. Xyphus 2 of thorax underside much wider than long, obtusely rounded. Abdominal venter largely dark in male, broadly pale laterally in female. Inner membrane of male parandria shorter, present at very base of inner margins only. Processus hamatus of male paramere at an obtuse angle with corpus paramerus. [Smaller species, on average 4.28 mm long.]................................. Aoteasalda new genus

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 12. Dorsal view of Kiwisaldula species (males; legs and antennae omitted). Scale bar = 1 mm. (9) K. stoneri, (10) K. porangahau, (11) K. parvula, (12) K. manawatawhi.

FIGURES 1 – 2. Aoteasalda maculipennis. Scale bar = 1 mm. (1) Dorsal view (legs and antennae omitted). (2) Facial view.