Macrosaldula jakowleffi (Reuter, 1891)

Vinokurov, Nikolay N. & Kment, Petr, 2015, Contribution to the faunistics of shore bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) in the Palaearctic Region and the Himalayas, Zootaxa 4028 (3), pp. 367-387 : 370

Macrosaldula jakowleffi (Reuter, 1891)

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Material examined. KYRGYZSTAN: Chuy: Ala-Archa [National Park], Kirgiz. chr., 2100 m a.s.l., 6.– 9. vii.1978, 1 ♀, J. Král lgt., N. Vinokurov det. ( NMPC). NEPAL: Mid-Western: Karnali Province, Humla District, 20 km N Simikot, 2 km S Chala Kairang Khola, 29°59′27″N 61°37′30″E, 3200 m a.s.l., river valley, 25.– 26. vi.2001, 2 ♀, E. Grill lgt., N. Vinokurov det. ( NHME). Western: Ganesh Himal, NNW Trizuli Bazar, Balche Kharka, 2100–2200 m a.s.l., 18. iv.1999, 1 ♀, Chale & Gurung lgt. ( NMPC). PAKISTAN: Gilgit-Baltistan: Hushe Valley, Bondit River (tributary of Nangbrok River), 4000 m a.s.l., 23. viii.1997, 3 ♂ 3 ♀, M. Šlachta lgt., N. Vinokurov & P. Kment det. ( NMPC).

Distribution. This species is distributed in the mountains of central Asia (Asian Kazakhstan, China (Xinjiang), Kyrgyzstan, Russia (Altai), Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) ( Chen & Lindskog 1994, Lindskog 1995, Chen 1996). New species records for Nepal and Pakistan.

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FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 — Halosalda halophila (Jakovlev, 1876), ♂, Iran: Kahúrak (body length 2.94 mm); 2 — Macrosaldula jakowleffi (Reuter, 1891), ♀, Pakistan: Hushe Valley (5.0 mm); 3 — Saldula burmanica Lindskog, 1975, ♂, Nepal: Khangpachen (viz Vinokurov 2012 a) (4.02 mm); 4 — Saldula fucicola (J. Sahlberg, 1870), ♂, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Šipovo (3.63 mm); 5 — Saldula lindbergi Lindskog, 1975, ♂, Lebanon: Nahr al-Kalb (3.85 mm); 6 — Saldula mariae Vinokurov, 1978, ♂, Tajikistan: Hissar Mts. (3.63 mm) (Photo: 1 – 4, 6 — P. Kment, 5 — N. Vinokurov).