Saldula taiwanensis Cobben, 1985

Saldula taiwanensis Cobben, 1985 View in CoL

( Fig. 18 View FIGURE 18 )

Saldula taiwanensis Cobben, 1985: 221 View in CoL ; Chen & Lindskog, 1994: 408; Lindskog, 1995: 133; Vinokurov et al., 2018: 136.

Chinese common name. 台NJãø.

Material examined. CHINA: Taiwan: 1 male, Xinbei city, Xindian distinct, Siqianshui, 466 m, 6 September 2017, Juanjuan Yuan leg. (NKUM); 1 male, Taizhong city, Heping distinct, Yilan county, Datong village, 10 September 2017, Juanjuan Yuan leg. (NKUM).

Diagnosis. Body relatively small, dorsum with short pubescence ( Fig. 18a View FIGURE 18 ). Head short and wide, antennomeres II–IV black; mandibular plates black, transverse swelling, maxillary plates and anteclypeus yellowish, labrum yellowish with black margins, labiomeres III+IV yellowish, infuscate apically, preocellar spots elongated, attached to inner margin of compound eyes. Pronotum short and wide, lateral margin nearly straight; hemelytra without large variation, mainly black, costal area completely pale, inner half of exocorium with three pale spots, endocorium with an incomplete eye spot, apical half with scattered pale spots ( Fig. 18b View FIGURE 18 ); legs mainly yellowish, femora with dark stripe on ventral side and dark spots on lateral side, dorsal side of tibiae with dark spot on basal end, apex of tibiae infuscate, foretibia pale or with a vague dark marking on dorsal side, tarsomere III of each leg infuscate apically.

Paramere slender, with long hairs on dorsal side, processus sensualis small, with a small tuft of short setae ( Fig. View FIGURE 18 18c–e), parandria with blunt apex, inner margin subparallel ( Fig. 18f View FIGURE 18 ). Female specimen not examined. Comparative notes. See comparative notes under S. bengali . Habitats. Unknown. Distribution in China. Taiwan ( Cobben 1985, Chen & Lindskog 1994, Vinokurov et al. 2018). General distribution. Endemic in China, Taiwan ( Cobben 1985, Chen & Lindskog 1994, Vinokurov et al. 2018).