Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Shorebug)

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Saldula saltatoria var margiinella
a common shorebug
Female (Click to open)
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSaldula saltatoria (Common Shorebug)
GenusSaldula (a genus of shorebugs)
FamilySALDIDAE (shorebugs)
SuperfamilySALDOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderLeptopodomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Saldula saltatoria (Common Shorebug) :
1: Saldula saltatoria (Common Shorebug)
15 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
under dead green seaweed, on sheltered shore
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Saldula saltatoria (Common Shorebug)
6 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Ventral view

Saldula saltatoria (Common Shorebug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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