Common shorebug
Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedinsects
The common shorebug (Saldula saltatoria) is a species in the family Saldidae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the common shorebug
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the common shorebug live?
Not recorded
Is the common shorebug endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the common shorebug classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familySaldidae
- genusSaldula
- SpeciesSaldula saltatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Cimex saltatoria, Salda saltatoria
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- pobřežnice obecnáCzech
- almindelig springtægeDanish
- Gemeiner HüpferlingGerman
- kosteikkohyppyludeFinnish
- parti futópoloskaHungarian
- ミズギワカメムシJapanese
- 갯노린재Korean
- hoppesmåstrandtegeNorwegian Bokmål
- Gewone oeverwantsDutch
- Nabrzeżka skaczącaPolish
- Клопик-прибрежник прыгающийRussian
- pobrežníčka obyčajnáSlovak
- allmänt strandstinkflySwedish
- SpringtægeDanish
- allmän strandskinnbaggeSwedish
Relatives of the common shorebug
Other species in the same genus Saldula.
Pale shore bug
Saldula pallipes
Estuarine shore bug
Saldula palustris
White-banded shore bug
Saldula arenicola
Hairy shore-bug
Saldula setulosa
CompareCommon shorebug vs Pale shore bugCommon shorebug vs Estuarine shore bugCommon shorebug vs White-banded shore bugCommon shorebug vs Hairy shore-bug
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the common shorebug?
The common shorebug (Saldula saltatoria) belongs to the family Saldidae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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