Saldidae

Saldidae is a family of small predatory true bugs, called shore bugs, that live on shorelines and other wet ground. Many can run across water surfaces and dive beneath them to escape danger.

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Heteroptera: Heteroptera is the suborder of true bugs characterized by specialized forewings and piercing-sucking mouthparts. Saldidae belongs to this large suborder of true bugs.
Predation: Predation is an interaction in which one organism captures and consumes another. Shore bugs find and consume small arthropods and other prey.
Wetland: A wetland is an ecosystem where water saturates or covers the soil for part or all of the year. Wetland margins provide the damp substrates where many shore bugs forage.
Saldula: Saldula is a widespread genus of shore bugs, including small species found on damp ground near water. It is one of the most familiar and species-rich genera in Saldidae.
Taxonomy: Taxonomy is the practice of naming, describing, and classifying organisms. Taxonomic work determines how shore-bug species and genera are recognized.
Hemiptera: Hemiptera is an insect order whose members feed with piercing-sucking mouthparts. The family sits within this order, alongside other true bugs.
Water repellency: Water repellency is a surface property that causes liquid water to bead and shed rather than spread. Water-repellent body surfaces help shore bugs avoid becoming trapped by water.
Riparian zone: A riparian zone is the transition area between land and a river or stream. These margins supply shore bugs with wet ground and prey.
Salda: Salda is a genus of shore bugs that includes relatively large species associated with wet habitats. Its species illustrate the family's variation in size and shoreline settings.
Species delimitation: Species delimitation is the process of deciding where one species ends and another begins. Closely similar shore bugs can make species boundaries difficult to establish.