Macrosaldula scotica (Curtis, 1835)

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 : 370-371

Macrosaldula scotica (Curtis, 1835)

Material examined. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Mostar, 17. vi.1973, 1 ♀, J. Hladil lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC). GEORGIA: Abkhasia: Krasnaya Polyana Mts., 550–1000 m a.s.l., 6.–17. vi.1969, 1 ♀, J. Dezort lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC). MONTENEGRO: Žabljak: Žabljak, Riblje jezero Lake, 1450 m a.s.l., 1. vii.1953, 2 ♂ 3 ♀, Mařan & L. Hoberlandt lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC). RUSSIA: Kabardino-Balkar Republic: Caucasus Mts., Nalchik, 7. vi.1983, 1 ♂, 11.vi.1983, L. Daněk lgt., N. Vinokurov det. ( NMPC). UZBEKISTAN: Tashkent: Bolshoi Chingan [= Chimgan], near Tashkent, 26. vi.1981, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, K. Majer lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC).

Distribution. European species, extending to Maghreb, Asian Turkey and Transcaucasia ( Lindskog 1995, Aukema et al. 2013). New species record for Uzbekistan.

Remark. The two specimens from Uzbekistan (Bolshoi Chimgan Mts.) differ from the typical form by having the corium completely black, without small white spots (cf. Cobben 1985, Vinokurov 2014a).