Aquatic
Insects of Michigan
by
Ethan Bright, Museum of Zoology Insect Division and School of Natural
Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
Saldidae - Shore Bugs
This is a tenative list, based on the author's search for records in the UMMZ-Insect Division collection on August 20, 2003 (most identified by R. F. Hussey, C. J. Drake, and T. Schuh), and distribution citations in Henry and Froeschner (1988).
Micracanthia Reuter, 1912
Micracanthia bergrothi (Jakovlev), 1893 Salda - (Henry and Froeschner 1998)
• Micracanthia ripula Drake, 1957
Micracanthia fennica (Reuter), 1884 Salda - northern Nearctic, expect in northern MI
Micracanthia floridana Drake and Chapman 1953 - UMMZ records
Micracanthia humilis (Say), 1832 Acanthia - UMMZ records
Pentacora Reuter, 1912
Pentacora ligata (Say), 1832 Acanthia
Salda Fabricius, 1803
Salda anthracina Uhler, 1877 - (Henry and Froeschner, 1988)
• Acanthia anthracina Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno, 1909
• Lampracanthia anthracina Torre-Bueno, 1923
Salda buenoi (McDonnough), 1925 Saldula - (Henry and Froeschner, 1988)
• alda lugubris Strickland, 1953
Salda littoralis (Linnaeus), 1758 Cimex - IL?, IN? (expect in n. UP, Nearctic and Palaearctic)
• Acanthia littoralis Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno, 1909
Salda lugubris (Say), 1832 Acanthia - (Henry and Froeschner, 1988)
• Salda major Provancher, 1872
• Salda deplanata Uhler, 1877
• Acanthia deplanata Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno, 1909
• Acanthia major Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno, 1909
• Saldula lugubris Van Duzee, 1916
• Saldula major Van Duzee, 1916
note: Henry and Froeschner (1998) note that some older specimens noted as Salda coriacea Uhler, 1872 may be this species
Salda obscura Provancher, 1872 - (Henry and Froeschner, 1988)
Salda provancheri Kelton and Lattin, 1968 - (Henry and Froeschner, 1988)
• Acanthia coriacea Rathvon, 1862 (nomen nudum)
• Salda coriacea Uhler, 1872
• Sciodopterus bouchervillei Provancher, 1888
• Acanthia bouchervillei Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno, 1909
• Acanthia coriacea Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno, 1909
• Lampracanthia coriacea Torre-Bueno, 1923
• Salda bouchervillei Hussey, 1948
Saldoida Osborn, 1901
Saldoida turbaria Schuh, 1967 - (Henry and Froeschner, 1988)
Saldula Van Duzee, 1914
Saldula ablusa Drake and Hottes, 1954 - (Henry and Froeschner, 1988)
Saldula bouchervillei (Provancher), 1872 Sciodopterus - UMMZ specimens
• Salda separata Uhler, 1878
• Acanthia bouchervillei Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno, 1909
• Acanthia separata Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno, 1909
• Saldula illinoiensis Drake, 1949
• Salda bouchervillei Drake, 1952
Saldula confluenta (Say), 1832 Acanthia - (Henry and Froeschner, 1988)
Saldula nigrita Parshley 1921 - UMMZ specimens
Saldula opacula (Zetterstedt), 1840 Salda - UMMZ specimens
Saldula orbiculata (Uhler), 1877 Salda - UMMZ specimens
• Acanthia orbiculata Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno, 1909
Saldula pallipes (Fabricius), 1794 Acanthia - UMMZ specimens
• Acanthia interstitialis Say, 1825
• Salda interstitialis Uhler, 1871
• Salda pallipes Uhler, 1877
• Salda reperta Uhler, 1877
• Saldula interstitialis Van Duzee, 1914
• Saldula reperta Van Duzee, 1916
• Saldula chipetae Drake and Hottes, 1955
Saldula palustris (Douglas), 1874 Salda - (Henry and Froeschner, 1988)
Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus), 1758 Cimex - (Henry and Froeschner, 1988)
• Acanthia saltatoria Stal, 1873
• Salda saltatoria Uhler, 1873
• Saldula c-album Drake and Hottes, 1950
Teloleuca Reuter, 1912
Teloleuca bifasciata (Thomson), 1871 Salda - Boreal, expect in UP
• Acanthia bellatrix Torre-Bueno, 1924
Teloleuca pellucens (Fabricius), 1779 Acanthia - ON, northern, expect in UP
• Salda elongata Uhler, 1877
• Acanthia elongata Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno, 1909
• Chartoscirta (Chartolampra) cursitans Torre-Bueno, 1923
• Acanthia celeripedis Torre-Bueno, 1924
• Salda celeripedis Strickland, 1953
References
Polhemus JT. 1988. Family Saldidae Amyot and Serville, 1843. The Shore Bugs, pp. 665-681 in Henry, TJ., Froeschner, RC. (eds.). 1988. Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill: Leiden. 958 + xix.