Shore Bugs (Saldidae) - 49 Species, Identification & Facts

Chartoscirta cincta

3.5 to 4 mm. Distinguished by the antennae, which are of uniform thickness, with the 2nd segment dark. The wing membrane is long (half the length of the corium) and the upper surface lacks long hairs. Chartoscirta cocksii (distinguished by the antenn

Pentacora sphacelata

Identification: More or less dull luster, lack of erect hairs on dorsum, lack of erect black setae on lateral margin of pronotum.

Saldoida cornuta

Identification: "Paired tubercles of pronotum black; apex of scutellum scarcely swollen." - Drake & Chapman, 1958 Brachypterous and macropterous individuals known.

Saldoida slossonae

Identification: pronotal tubercles yellowish-reddish brown to dark brown; scutellum swollen posteriorly

Saldula ablusa

Identification: Difficult to distinguish from S. pallipes . The orange-brown color apex of corium and the occasional light stripe on the lateral margin of the pronotum are diagnostic.

Saldula opacula

Identification: Holarctic; in NA, NF-NT-AK , n. US; in the west, south to CA-CO

Saldula pallipes

Identification: varies greatly in size and color and tends to grade into many allied species

Common Shorebug

Saldula saltatoria

Length 4 to 4.5 mm. This genus comprises 11 rather oval saldids which have an entirely dark pronotum and forewings which completely overlap. There are several very similar species which are often difficult to identify. In S. saltatoria, the most comm