Saldula lindbergi Lindskog, 1975

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Saldula lindbergi Lindskog, 1975

( Figs 5 , 7–10 )

Material examined. LEBANON: Nhar el Kelb [= Nahr al-Kalb], near Beirut, 26. ix.1969, 1 ♂, J. Klapperich lgt., N. Vinokurov det. ( NMPC).

Variability. In the examined specimen from Lebanon ( Fig. 5 ) the following characters were observed: Body length 3.85 mm. Pronotum, scutellum, clavus, and corium covered by rather dense semierect golden setae and long dark erect setae. Head with long dark erect setae. Length of antennal segments: I—0.28, II—0.60, III—0.44, IV— 0.34 mm. Antennal segment II black, on apex brown. Paramere ( Fig. 7 ) with processus sensualis prominent, bearing of long thin setae, as in the holotype (see Fig. 8 ). However, there are some differences compared to the type specimens: Body more slender, 2.58 times longer than its width (in holotype 2.13). Body dark-colored, with yellow spots on clavus and corium; transverse band in anterior half of corium narrower and almost interrupted near MRvein. Distance between parandria narrower than in holotype (cf. Figs 9, 10 ).

Distribution. An East Mediterranean species described from Cyprus and southern Turkey and so far known only from few collected specimens (see Lindskog 1975, 1995; Fent et al. 2011). New species record for Lebanon.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 — Halosalda halophila (Jakovlev, 1876), ♂, Iran: Kahúrak (body length 2.94 mm); 2 — Macrosaldula jakowleffi (Reuter, 1891), ♀, Pakistan: Hushe Valley (5.0 mm); 3 — Saldula burmanica Lindskog, 1975, ♂, Nepal: Khangpachen (viz Vinokurov 2012 a) (4.02 mm); 4 — Saldula fucicola (J. Sahlberg, 1870), ♂, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Šipovo (3.63 mm); 5 — Saldula lindbergi Lindskog, 1975, ♂, Lebanon: Nahr al-Kalb (3.85 mm); 6 — Saldula mariae Vinokurov, 1978, ♂, Tajikistan: Hissar Mts. (3.63 mm) (Photo: 1 – 4, 6 — P. Kment, 5 — N. Vinokurov).

FIGURES 7 – 10. Saldula lindbergi Lindskog, 1975, male genitalia, Lebanon: Nahr al-Kalb: 7 – 8 — paramere; 9 – 10 — parandria. 7, 9 — specimen from Lebanon (orig.); 8, 10 — specimen from Cyprus (after Lindskog 1975).