Saldula arenicola arenicola (Scholtz, 1847)

Fent, Meral, Kment, Petr, Çamur-Elipek, Belgin & Kirgiz, Timur, 2011, Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records 2856, Zootaxa 2856 (1), pp. 1-84 : 50

Saldula arenicola arenicola (Scholtz, 1847)

= S. arenicola f. connectens Reuter, 1895

= S. arenicola f. nigripes Wagner, 1940

= S. arenicola f. simulator Reuter, 1895

Material examined. EUROPEAN TURKEY: Edirne province: Edirne, 8.–13.vi.1947, 10 ♂♂ 25 ♀♀, Exp. N. Mus. ČSR lgt., N.N. Vinokurov & P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . ASIAN TURKEY: Adana province: 45 km N Adana, Boztahta env. (N 37°23' E 35°15'), stream, 460 m a.s.l., 13.–14.vi.2003, 1 ♂, J. Hájek & J. Hotový lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Ankara province: Kızılcahamam , 14.ix.1947, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Exp. N. Mus. ČSR, P. Kment det. ( NMPC) . Antalya province: 25 km E Antalya, Perge near Aksu , 2.v.1991, 1 ♀, Z. Jindra lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) . Burdur province: Burdur env., Burdur salt lake, 9.v.1991, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, Z. Jindra lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) . Tunceli province: Tunceli (N 39°06' E 39°33'), Munzur Nehri [river] valley, oxbow lake near bridge, 22.vi.2002, 1 ♂, P. Kment lgt. & det. ( NMPC) .

European Turkey. Hoberlandt (1952a, also as S. arenicola f. connectens and f. simulator, partim; revised!), Josifov (1986a), Lindskog (1995), Önder et al. (2006), Aukema (2009); this paper.

Asian Turkey. Lindberg (1922b), Drake & Hoberlandt (1952), Hoberlandt (1952a, also as S. arenicola f. connectens and f. simulator, partim; revised!), Seidenstücker (1964), Önder et al. (1981, 2006), Lindskog (1995), Şerban (2010); this paper.

Turkey (not distinguished). Cobben (1960), Péricart (1990, as revised), Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001).

General distribution. Widely distributed in most of European countries, North Africa, Asia from Cyprus and Anatolia to Yemen, Afghanistan, China (almost all territory), and East Siberia, as well as in the Afrotropical Region ( Lindskog 1995; Lukashuk 1997; Protić 1998; Coulianos 2005; Gogala 2008; Vinokurov, pers. comm.).

Comment. The following specimens misidentified as S. arenicola by Hoberlandt (1952a) belong in fact to S. palustris : 13 ♂♂ 9 ♀♀ of S. arenicola f. simulator from ‘AkŞehir Gölü’, 10 ♂♂ 9 ♀♀ of S. arenicola f. simulator from ‘Moğan Gölü’, and 1 ♂ of S. arenicola f. simulator from ‘Sivrihisar’ (P. Kment revid.). A single female of S. arenicola f. nigripes from ‘Kızılcahamam’ ( Hoberlandt 1952a) is in fact S. pallipes (P. Kment revid.).

Identification. Cobben (1960), Péricart (1990), Linnavuori & Hosseini (2000), Vinokurov (2004).