Saldula

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre, Ostovan, Hadi & Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2013, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Dipsocoromorpha, Enicocephalomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha and Nepomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Zootaxa 3641 (4), pp. 301-342 : 318-320

Genus Saldula Van Duzee, 1914

Saldula arenicola arenicola (Scholtz, 1847)

Salda arenicola Scholtz, 1847: 110 (as new species); Salda ocellata A. Costa, 1847: 9 ; Acanthia (Acanthia) arenicola var. connectens Reuter, 1895: 22 ; Acanthia (Acanthia) arenicola var. simulator Reuter, 1895: 22 ; Saldula arenicola f. nigripes Wagner, 1940: 82; Saldula arenicola cataniana Wagner, 1955: 116 ; Saldula arenicola f. sahariana Filippi, 1957: 30 ; Saldula deserticola Wagner, 1958: 211 ; Saldula arenicola f. demaculata Stichel, 1960: 387.

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Wagner 1961), Iran (no locality cited) (Hoberlandt 1961 as S. arenicola simulator ; Péricart 1990; Vinokurov 2004).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian, Mediterranean basin, Afghanistan (Lindskog 1995; Vinokurov 2004).

Saldula fucicola (Sahlberg, 1870)

Salda riparia Zetterstedt, 1828: 478 non Fallén, 1826; Salda fucicola J. Sahlberg, 1870: 301 (as new species); Salda vestita Douglas, 1874: 11 ; Salda lapponica J. Sahlberg, 1881: 85 ; Acanthia dubia Reuter, 1884: 27 ; Saldula C-album f. venedarum Wagner, 1937: 58; Saldula vestita f. obscurior Wagner, 1947: 92.

Distribution in Iran. Hamadan (Samin et al. 2011), West Azerbaijan (Sakenin et al. 2010). General distribution. Northern Euro-Siberian (Lindskog 1995; Vinokurov 2004).

Saldula opacula (Zetterstedt, 1835)

Salda marginalis: Herich Schaeffer (1835: 61, non Fallén, 1807); Salda opacula Zetterstedt, 1838: 268 ; Salda costalis R.F. Sahlberg, 1848: 152 ; Salda quadrilineata Jakovlev, 1865: 115 ; Salda opacula var. marginella: Puton (1880: 197, non Fieber, 1859); Acanthia opacula var. albipennis Reuter, 1902: 152 ; Saldula opacula var. putoni J. Sahlberg, 1920: 187 ; Salula opacula f. nigricans Cobben, 1960: 248.

Distribution in Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Lindskog 1995; Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000). General distribution. Holarctic (Europe, Russia, China, Mongolia, USA, Canada) (Lindskog 1995; Vinokurov 2004).

Saldula orthochila (Fieber, 1859)

Salda riparia: Zetterstedt (1828: 478, non Fallén, 1826); Salda orthochila Fieber, 1859: 234 .

Distribution in Iran. Guilan (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian, Indian subcontinent (Lindskog 1995, Vinokurov 2004).

Saldula pallipes (Fabricius, 1794)

Cimex pellucidus Goeze, 1778: 264 (for Cimex n° 7 in Geoffroy, 1762) (nomen oblitum); Acanthia pallipes Fabricius, 1794: 438 (as new species); Cimex marginalis Turton, 1802: 610 ; Acanthia interstirialis Say, 1825: 324 ; Acanthia dimidiata Curtis, 1835: 548 ; Salda reperta Uhler, 1877: 447 ; Salda luctuosa Westhoff, 1880: 65 ; Acanthia pallipes var. confluens Reuter, 1891: 157 ; Salda tropicalis Champion, 1900: 341 ; Salda inconstans Distant, 1909: 375 ; Saldula chipetae Drake & Hottes, 1955: 6 .

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Wagner 1961), Golestan, Mazandaran (Heiss 2002), Ilam (Samin et al. 2011), Khorasan (Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1998), Markazi, West Azarbaijan (Linnavuori 2009), Tehran (Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Vinokurov 2004), West Azerbaijan (Sakenin et al. 2010), Iran (no locality cited) (Péricart 1990).

General distribution. Holarctic (incl. Indian subcontinent); in America from Alaska to Panama; probably settled in South America; Oriental and Neotropical Regions (Lindskog 1995; Vinokurov 2004).

Saldula palustris (Douglas, 1874)

Salda bicolor : A. Costa (1847: 9, non Curtis, 1835); Salda palustris Douglas, 1874: 10 (as new species); Salda saltatoria var. apicalis J. Sahlberg, 1878: 35 ; Acanthia melanoscela var. pallidipennis Reuter, 1888: 226 ; Acanthia (Acanthia) palustris var. sordidipennis Reuter, 1891: 156 ; Acanthia mutabilis Reuter, 1891: 23 ; Acanthia mutabilis var. imitator Reuter, 1891: 24 ; Acanthia bicolor var. obscura Reuter, 1902: 153 ; Saldula mutabilis f. inversa Stichel, 1934: 301; Saldula palustris var. browni Wagner, 1951: 3 ; Saldula pallidipennis var. hartigi Wagner, 1955: 119 .

Distribution in Iran. Bushehr, Fars (Linnavuori 2009), Ghom (Vinokurov 2004), Guilan (Wagner 1961; Vinokurov 2004), Khuzestan (Seidenstücker 1958; Linnavuori 2009), Sistan & Baluchestan (Hoberlandt 1955), Iran (no locality cited) (Hoberlandt 1961 as S. palustris f. pallidipennis ; Reuter 1888; Péricart 1990; Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000; Linnavuori et al. 2011).

General distribution. Palearctic, Tropical Africa (Lindskog 1995, Vinokurov 2004, Fent et al. 2011; Linnavuori et al. 2011).

Comments. With Juncus sp. ( Juncaceae ), Phragmites sp. ( Poaceae ), and sedges on shores of brooks (Linnavuori 2009).

The forms pallidipennis and mutabilis represent light samples and the variety browni darker ones.

Saldula pilosella pilosella (Thomson, 1871)

Salda pilosella Thomson, 1871: 407 (as new species); Saldula pilosella f. immaculata Wagner, 1940: 81; Saldula pilosella f. simillima Wagner, 1940: 81; Saldula pilosella f. nigra Cobben, 1960: 256.

Distribution in Iran. Fars, West Azerbaijan (Linnavuori 2009), Iran (no locality cited) (Lindskog 1995, Linnavuori & Hosseini 2000).

General distribution. Euro-Siberian extending to Central Asia and, eastern, to Korea (Lindskog 1995; Vinokurov 2004; Fent et al. 2011).

Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cimex saltatorius Linnaeus, 1758: 448 (as new species); Cimex alpinus Scopoli, 1763: 129 ; Acanthia littoralis: Fabricius (1794: 72, non Linnaeus, 1758); Acanthia maculata Latreille, 1804: 243 ; Salda marginella Fieber, 1859: 235 ; Salda saltatoria var. conjuncta Westhoff, 1880: 62 ; Salda saltatoria var. distincta Westhoff, 1880: 62 ; Salda saltatoria var. irregularis Westhoff, 1880: 62 ; Salda saltatoria var. vittata Westhoff, 1880: 62 ; Salda saltatoria var. westhoffi Ve rho eff, 1891: 200; Saldula saltatoria f. obscurella Wagner, 1940: 81; Saldula saltatoria f. pallida Cobben, 1960: 251.

Distribution in Iran. Kordestan (Sakenin et al. 2010; Samin et al. 2011), Iran (no locality cited) (Péricart 1990) General distribution. Holarctic (Lindskog 1995; Vinokurov 2004; Fent et al. 2011).

Saldula xanthochila (Fieber, 1859)

Salda striata Fabricius, 1803: 114 (as new species); Salda xanthochila Fieber, 1859: 234 ; Saldula xanthochila f. babylonica Filippi, 1957: 35 ; Saldula xanthochila f. bimaculata Filippi, 1957: 38 ; Saldula xanthochila f. expansa Filippi, 1957: 38 ; Saldula xanthochila f. obscurata Filippi, 1957: 38 .

Distribution in Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Lindskog 1995).

General distribution. China, Euro Siberian, Iraq, Mongolia, Russia, Tadjikistan, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan.

Comments. This species is not cited from Iran by Péricart (1990) and doubtfully by Lindskog (1995). However it is quoted from several Central Asian countries, and it is not impossible that it is also in Iran.