Species Halobates (Halobates) darwini Herring, 1961

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Regional Maps

• Halobates darwini Herring, J.L. 1961. The genus Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Pacific Insects 3: 223-305 [278].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Port Darwin, NT.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Mornington Is., NT—Finniss River, Vanderlin Is., West Alligator River.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, coastal, mangrove, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic, near mangroves.

 

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 1994. The sea skaters, genus Halobates Eschscholtz (Hemiptera: Gerridae), of Australia: taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 861-909 [885] (description)

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Malipatil, M.B. 1988. Two new species of Halobates Eschscholtz (Hemiptera: Gerridae) from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 27: 157-160 [157]

Polhemus, J.T. 1982. Marine Hemiptera of the Northern Territory, including the first fresh-water species of Halobates Eschscholtz (Gerridae, Veliidae, Hermatobatidae and Corixidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 21: 5-11 [5] (habitat)

 

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