Saldula pilosella pilosella (Thomson, 1871)

Vinokurov, Nikolay N. & Kment, Petr, 2015, Contribution to the faunistics of shore bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) in the Palaearctic Region and the Himalayas, Zootaxa 4028 (3), pp. 367-387 : 380

Saldula pilosella pilosella (Thomson, 1871)

Material examined. BULGARIA: Burgas: Burgas, Atanasovsko ezero Lake, salt marshes, 1 m a.s.l. (Locality No. 18B/73), 14. vii.1973, 1 ♂, P. Lauterer lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC). Khaskovo: Harmanli, Maritsa River bank, 60–80 m a.s.l. (Locality No. 81/71), 19. vii.1971, 1 ♂ 2 ♀, P. Lauterer lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC). IRAN: Gilan: Bander Pelevi [= Bandar-e Anzali], am Kasp. Meer [= at Caspic Sea], 24. vii.1961, 1 ♂, J. Klapperich lgt., N. Vinokurov det. ( NMPC); Lahijan am Kasp. Meer [= at Caspic Sea], 200 m a.s.l., vii.–viii.1961, 2 ♂, J. Klapperich lgt., N. Vinokurov det. ( NMPC). Province not identified: Dabih Heiran, 18. viii.1970, 1 ♀, Naim lgt., N. Vinokurov det. ( NMPC). ITALY: Toscana: Grosseto Province, Orbetello, Laguna di Orbetello, 42°26′N 11°16′E, shores of brackish laguna, 8. iv.2003, 1 ♀, M. Horsák & P. Kment lgt., N. Vinokurov det. ( NMPC). KAZAKHSTAN ( ASIAN PART): Dzhambul: Dzhambul [= Taraz], vi.1964, 4 ♂ 9 ♀, J. Gottwald lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC, NMPC). LIBYA: Banghazi: Benghazi env., Ain Zeyanah, 3. v.1980, 1 ♀, K. Hůrka lgt., N. Vinokurov det. ( NMPC). ROMANIA: Constanţa: Mamaia, L.Siut–Ghiol, 9. vii.1962, 1 ♀, Smetana lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC).

Distribution. A Palaearctic species; the nominotypical subspecies is widely distributed except for the area around Adriatic Sea ( Chen & Lindskog 1994, Lindskog 1995, Vinokurov 2012a, Aukema et al. 2013). In Iran recorded only from Fars and West Azerbaijan ( Linnavuori 2009, Ghahari et al. 2013), here recorded first time from Gilan. New species record for Libya.