Kiwisaldula laelaps ( White, 1878 ) Larivière & Larochelle, 2016

Larivière, Marie-Claude & Larochelle, André, 2016, Aoteasalda and Kiwisaldula, two new genera of Saldidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with a key to New Zealand genera and a new synonymy in Zemacrosaldula, Zootaxa 4085 (4), pp. 451-480 : 474-476

Kiwisaldula laelaps ( White, 1878) new combination

Salda laelaps White, 1878: 160 . Lectotype (hereby designated): male (BMNH) labelled: “LECTO- TYPE (circular purplebordered label; typed in 2 lines) / Type (circular red-bordered label; typed) / LECTOTYPE S. Loelaps B. White R. Cobben 1961. (red label; first word typed, remainder text handwritten) / New Zealand (handwritten) / Salda laelaps B.W [partly legible] (handwritten) / Pres. by Perth Museum. B.M. 1953-629. (typed) / LECTOTYPE [male symbol] Salda laelaps White, 1878 desig. M-C Larivière & A Larochelle 2016 (red label; typed) / BMNH(E) #1005937 (typed).” Good condition; right antenna missing segments III–IV; right foreleg missing tarsal segments; mounted on two cards (top card with specimen, bottom card with dissected abdomen).

Paralectotype: female (BMNH) labelled: “PARA- LECTO- TYPE (circular pale blue-bordered label; typed in 3 lines) / Cotype (circular yellow-bordered label; typed in 2 lines) / New Zealand (handwritten) / Salda laelaps B.W (handwritten) / Salda laelaps BW. (long folded label; handwritten) / Pres. by Perth Museum. B.M. 1953-629. (typed) / PALECTOTYPE [female symbol] Salda laelaps White, 1878 desig. M-C Larivière & A Larochelle 2016 (blue label; typed).

Acanthia laelaps: Kirkaldy, 1909: 27 .

Saldula laelaps: Drake & Hoberlandt, 1950: 8 .

Remarks. Larivière & Larochelle (2004) incorrectly listed three syntypes for this species. White’s (1878) description of Salda laelaps was based on two syntypes (1 male, 1 female; BMNH).

Lectotype labels are associated with the male syntype. Cobben’s red lectotype label dated 1961, suggests that he intended to use this specimen as lectotype; such designation was never published. The male syntype is hereby designated as lectotype, in the interest of nomenclatorial stability, fixing the status of this specimen as the sole name-bearing type of Salda laelaps .

Larivière & Larochelle’s (2004) record of this species from the Black Birch Range ( South Island , MB), based on NZAC specimens identified by J.T. Polhemus, should be ignored. The specimens in question look nothing like the lectotype of Salda laelaps and may belong to an undescribed South Island species.

The lectotype of Salda laelaps is labelled as having originated from “ New Zealand ”. No precise type locality information is known for this specimen. Wakefield [= CM Wakefield], who collected the specimen, was based in Christchurch, around the year of description of this species. The New Zealand literature (e.g., Watt 1977) indicates that Wakefield was an active insect collector in Canterbury—then a province—and that he regularly provided overseas taxonomists with study material from various insect orders. The Province of Canterbury (1853–1876) was bound by the Hurunui River in the north and the Waitaki River in the south, and initially extended from east to west until the creation of the County of Westland (1868) established the crest-line of the Southern Alps as Canterbury’s western boundary ( McLintock 1966). Therefore, it seems reasonable to believe, in terms of the geographic areas used in the current paper, that the lectotype of Salda laelaps may have been collected in North Canterbury (NC), Mid Canterbury (MC), South Canterbury (SC) or eastern Mackenzie (MK).The above information and the fact that no North Island taxon could be matched to the lectotype, suggest that Salda laelaps is a South Island species.

Salda laelaps bears most characteristics associated with Kiwisaldula species. It is hereby transferred to this genus; the new combination Kiwisaldula laelaps is thus established.

Locality Area code Latitude Longitude Access Road 3, 1.3 km off Highway 47 TO -39.0500 175.5667 Awatere (near Awatere River) GB -37.6833 178.3500 Blackhead Beach HB -40.1667 176.8167 Bryant Memorial Park, NW side of Karioi WO -37.8254 174.8250 Cape Kidnappers HB -39.6450 177.0890 Desert Road, Te Piripiri Stream TO -39.2333 175.7333 Doel Road, E of Kawakawa ND -35.3695 174.0926 Egmont National Park, Ihaia Track TK -39.3333 173.9806 Egmont National Park, Puniho Track TK -39.2667 173.9833 Erua, Junction of Waimarino Stream & Erua Road TO -39.2167 175.3667 Flat Point Beach, 1.5 km N Arawhata Stream WA -41.2500 175.9167 Foxton Beach WI -40.4667 175.2167 Golden Cross, 10 km N Waikino CL -37.3392 175.7803 Haune Stream, W of Pikowai, above beach BP -37.8455 176.6339 Herbertville, Wainui River mouth WA -40.4833 176.5500 Hicks Bay BP -37.5914 178.2911 Horopito Stream, Junction Pohangina Valley Road & Tunipo Road RI -39.9167 175.9500 Hotwater Beach CL -36.8894 175.8256 Hukatere, Ninety Mile Beach ND -34.8977 173.0854 Hunua Ranges, Vicinity of Vining Track AK -37.1500 175.2500 Junction Mangahuia Stream & Highway 47 TO -39.1667 175.4667 Junction Scanlyn Creek & Main South Road RI -39.9167 175.9333 Kai Iwi Beach TK -39.8833 174.9000 Kaiaua Beach GB -38.2985 178.3338 Kaimai Range, Okauia (Old Te Aroha Road, 1 km S Till Road) BP -37.7597 175.8519 Kaimanawa Forest Park, Clements Road end, Hinemalaia Track TO -38.9911 176.1431 Kaimanawa Forest Park, Clements Road, 1.5 km E Waiharuru Stream TO -38.9552 176.1751 Karamu Walkway (vicinity), 7 km W Whatawhata WO -37.7984 175.0987 Karikari Peninsula ND -34.8500 173.3700 Kereru, 8 km E HB -39.6333 176.4500 Kirikiri Saddle, Forest E of CL -37.1594 175.6403 Koitiata WI -40.0667 175.1333 Lake Karapiro, Horahora Domain WO -37.9583 175.6500 Lake Taharoa (10 km from Kaihu) ND -35.8063 173.6589 Lake Taupo, [Taupo] shore TO -38.6918 176.0723 Lake Waiparera ND -34.9422 173.1845 Lake Whangape, N shore WO -38.3569 174.8653 Leigh, Hill NE of AK -36.2850 174.8040 Makaretu River, 2 km N Takapau WA -40.0000 176.3500 Mangatewainui River, Junction Gundry Road WA -40.0667 176.1667 Manukau Peninsula, Pollok AK -37.1562 174.5981 Mercury Islands, Korapuki Island CL -36.6586 175.8489

......continued on the next page Locality Area code Latitude Longitude ......continued on the next page Locality Area code Latitude Longitude Tokata BP -37.8442 177.5858 Tokerau Beach, 3 km SW ND -34.9441 173.3648 Tongariro National Park, Taranaki Falls Track TO -39.2083 175.5639 Tongariro River, Admirals Pool TO -39.0101 175.8151 Twilight Beach Track, Werahi Stream ND -34.4738 172.6995 Urewera National Park, Aniwaniwa GB -38.7453 177.1633 Urewera National Park, Mokau Landing GB -38.7336 177.0894 Uruti Point, Waioronu Stream WA -41.1333 176.0500 Waimata Valley, Kaharoa Station GB -38.4883 178.0581 Waioeka Gorge, Little Manganuku Track BP -38.2917 177.3875 Waiotahi Beach BP -37.9908 177.2333 Waipoua Forest, Waipoua River, near Headquarter ND -35.6500 173.5500 Waitakere Ranges, Swanson Creek, Cascade Park AK -36.8869 174.5200 Waitakere Ranges, Te Henga AK -36.9000 174.4500 Waitakere Ranges, Upper Nihotupu Reservoir AK -36.9333 174.5500 Waitakere Ranges, Vicinity of Goldie Bush Reserve, Mokoroa Stream AK -36.8472 174.4558 Waitakere Ranges, Whatipu, Windy Point AK -37.0370 174.4958 Waitarere Beach WN -40.5700 175.1900 Wellington, South Karori WN -41.3060 174.7070 Wellington, York Bay WN -41.2648 174.9097 Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua BP -38.1700 176.2710 Whangaehu Beach HB -40.4000 176.6333 Whangaehu River, 2 km S Mangawhero Road WI -39.8667 175.2833 Whangateau, Coxhead Creek AK -36.3048 174.7784 Wherowhero Lagoon GB -38.7500 177.9250 Whiritoa Valley, S side CL -37.3050 175.8900 Whitecliffs Walkway, Wai Pingao Stream TK -38.8810 174.5450 Whitianga CL -36.8333 175.6667