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Subfamily Saldinae

Saldula sp. - Saldula comatula Small Bug - Saldula Ioscytus politus (Uhler) - Ioscytus politus Shore Bug - Saldula Fly or Hemipteran? - Saldoida slossonae Shore Bug - Saldula ? - Saldula Saldula opacula Saldidae - Saldula confluenta
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
Numbers
~65 spp. in 10 genera of 2 tribes in our area(1), 20 genera of 3 tribes worldwide(2)
Identification
short embolar fracture, hemelytral membrane with 4 cells(2)
Range
Holarctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical (a few spp. elsewhere)(2); throughout NA