Macrosaldula bogdashana, Luo & Vinokurov, 2011

Luo, Zhaohui & Vinokurov, Nikolai N., 2011, A new species of the genus Macrosaldula Leston et Southwood, 1964 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Saldidae) from Northwestern China, Zootaxa 2909 (1), pp. 57-63 : 62

Key to species of the genus Macrosaldula Leston et Southwood in Northwestern China

1. Hemelytra black. Body length 6.2–6.8 mm. South of Eastern Siberia, Altay Mts, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia............................................................................................ [ M. simulans Cobben, 1985 ].

- Hemelytra with pale spots and stripe..................................................................... 2.

2. Anterior and ventral part of head orange. Antennae bicolored: segment 1 orange-brown with black stripe, segment 2 orange, segments 3 and 4 black. Lateral margin of pronotum with orange edging. Corium castaneous brown, with two white transverse fascia (fig. 19). Paramere —fig. 30. Body length 4.2–4.5 mm. Mountains of Southern Xingiang................................................................................................... M. roborowskii ( Jakovlev, 1889) .

- Head and antennae black. Lateral margin of pronotum in species from Northwestern China black. Color pattern of forewing different ( Figs.1–9 , 20–29 )............................................................................. 3.

3. Erected setae on corium and clavus longer than width of tibia.................................................. 4.

– Corium and clavus with short erected setae................................................................ 5.

4. Exocorium with narrow yellow-brown or yellow stripes at basal half and near apex ( Figs. 1–3 ). Paramere and parandria—figs. 11, 12. Body length 5.5–6.8 mm .......................................................... M. bogdashana sp.n.

- Exocorium with large whitish-yellow spots at basal half and near apex ( Figs. 4, 5 ). Paramere and parandria— Figs. 17, 18 . Body length 5.1–5.5 mm Tajikistan, Uzbekistan....................................[ M. tadzhika ( Kiritshenko1912) ].

5. Color pattern of forewing as in Figs. 6–9 . Paramere and parandria— Figs. 15, 16 . Body length 5.7–6.6 м. Eastern Siberia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia................................................... [ M. oblonga oblonga (Stål, 1858) ].

- Color pattern of forewing as in Figs. 20–29................................................................ 6.

6. Head and pronotum dull shiny, adpressed setae on pronotum and corium dense and silvery. Color pattern of corium— Figs. 26– 29 . Paramere and parandria— Figs. 31, 32 . Body length 4.5–6 mm. Eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan., Northern India, Northern Pakistan................................................ [ M. nivalis ( Lindberg, 1935) ].

- Head and pronotum shiny, adpressed setae on pronotum and corium grey or goldish and less dense. Color pattern of corium— Figs. 20–25 . Paramere and parandria— Figs 33, 34 . Body length 5–7 mm. Eastern Kazakhstan, Siberia (Altay Mts), Kyrgysztan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Xingiang............................................... M. jakowleffi (Reuter, 1891) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. Hemelytra of Macrosaldula species: 1–3—M. bogdashana sp. n., 4, 5—M. tadzhika (Uzbekistan), 6–9—M. oblonga oblonga (Mongolia).

FIGURES 19–34. Hemelytra and male genitalia of Macrosaldula species (after Cobben, 1985): 19, 30—M. roborowskii, 20– 25, 33, 34—M. jakowleffi, 26–29, 31, 32—M. nivalis, (19–29—eunomy of hemelytra, 30, 31, 33—paramere, 32, 34—parandria).

FIGURES 10–18. Pronotum and genitalia of Macrosaldula species: 10–14—M. bogdashana sp. n., 15, 16—M. oblonga oblonga (Mongolia), 17, 18—M. tadzhika (Uzbekistan) (10—pronotum, 11, 15, 17—paramere, 12, 16, 18—parandria, hind view, 13—aedeagus, lateral view, 14—pregenital plate, female).