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Salda lugubris
Species
Salda lugubris
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
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Range
transcontinental: NF-NT-AK south to FL on the east coast, MT-AZ-Mexico in the west
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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.
Contributed by
v belov
on 23 May, 2010 - 1:02pm
Last updated 19 December, 2014 - 4:00pm