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Species Salda lugubris

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Leptopodomorpha
Family Saldidae (Shore Bugs)
Subfamily Saldinae
Tribe Saldini
Genus Salda
Species lugubris (Salda lugubris)
Explanation of Names
Salda lugubris (Say 1832)
Size
Macropters: ♂♂ 5.2-6.4 mm, ♀♀ 6.2-7.1 mm(1)
Range
transcontinental: NF-NT-AK south to FL on the east coast, MT-AZ-Mexico in the west(2)(3)(1)
Works Cited
1.The semiaquatic Hemiptera of Minnesota (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Bennett D.V., Cook E.F. 1981. Agric. Exp. Stn Tech. Bull. 332, U. of Minnesota. 59 pp.
2.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
3.Alaskan Heteroptera (Hemiptera): New records, associated data, and deletions
Scudder G.G.E., Sikes D.S. 2014. Zootaxa 3852: 373-381.