Family Saldidae - Shore Bugs

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Saldidae (Shore Bugs)

Numbers

70 species in 12 genera in North America (nearctica.com)

Size

3-7 mm

Identification

body oval, flattened, brown and white or black and white; forewing membrane with four or five long closed cells

Range

North America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia

Habitat

sandy shorelines, edges of ponds, bogs, marshes, mud flats, and on rocks in rivers and streams

Season

April through October

Food

predaceous on other insects

Print References

Slater, pp. 221-224 (1)

Internet References

pinned adult images of Saldula species (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

pinned adult image plus description, biology, and other info (Government of Canada)

live nymph image of Saldula species (F. Kohler, Germany)

live adult image of Pentacora ligata (Giff Beaton, Georgia)

adult image with field marks labeled (U. of Minnesota)

description (Australian Aquatic Invertebrates)

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 31 March, 2005 - 1:42am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 18 January, 2006 - 8:27pm

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