Subgenus Halobates (Halobates) Eschscholtz, 1822
- Halobates Eschscholtz, J.F. 1822. Entomographien. Berlin : G. Reimer Vol. 1 (erste Lieferung) 128 pp. [106].
Type species:
Halobates micans Eschscholtz, 1822 by subsequent designation, see Laporte, F.L. (Compte de Castelnau) 1833. Essai d'une classification systématique de l'ordre des Hémiptères (Hémiptères Héteroptères, Latr.). Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2: 17-75, Supplement: 76-88 [24]. - Euratas Distant, W.L. 1910. Some undescribed Gerrinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 5: 140-153 [146].
Type species:
Euratas formidabilis Distant, 1910 by monotypy. - Fabatus Distant, W.L. 1910. Some undescribed Gerrinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 5: 140-153 [147] [description of a larva].
Type species:
Fabatus servus Distant, 1910 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Annandale, N. & Kemp, S. 1915. Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Aquatic insects, other than Coleoptera, with notes on some marginal species. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 5: 177-187 pl. 11 [183] (synonymy of Fabatus with Euratas)
- Esaki, T. 1929. New or little-known Gerridae. II. Indian species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 4: 412-419 [417] (synonymy of Euratas)
- Andersen, N.M. 1982. The Semiaquatic Bugs (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha). Phylogeny, adaptations, biogeography and classification. Denmark : Scandinavian Science Press Entomonograph Vol. 3 455 pp. [413]
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
GERRIDAE: Halobates calyptus Herring, 1961 — 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 [907]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental regions; Melanesia.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Sydney Basin (SB), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld: South East Corner (SEC) ; NT, Qld: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP) ; NT, Qld, WA: Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Qld, WA: Pilbara (PIL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
General References
Andersen, N.M. 1991. Cladistic biogeography of marine water striders (Insecta, Hemiptera) in the Indo-Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 4: 151-163 [157] (biogeography)
Andersen, N.M. 1991. Marine insects: genital morphology, phylogeny and evolution of sea skaters, genus Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 103: 21-60 (morphology, phylogeny)
Andersen, N.M. & Foster, W.A. 1992. Sea skaters of India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, with a new species and a revised key to the Indian Ocean species of Halobates and Asclepios (Hemiptera, Gerridae). Journal of Natural History 26: 533-553 [534] (description, Indian Ocean)
Cheng, L. 1973. Some Halobates from the Pacific Ocean. Japanese Journal of Zoology 17: 11-15 (Pacific Ocean)
Cheng, L. 1973. The ocean-strider Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 15: 386-390
Cheng, L. 1973. The ocean strider Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae) in the Atlantic Ocean. Oceanology 13: 564-570 (biology)
Cheng, L. 1974. Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae) from the seas around Nosy Bé, Malagasy. Cahiers O.R.S.T.O.M. Serie Océanographique 12: 113-116
Cheng, L. 1985. Biology of Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae). Annual Review of Entomology 30: 111-135 (biology)
Cheng, L. & Fernando, C.H. 1969. A taxonomic study of the Malayan Gerridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with notes on their biology and distribution. Oriental Insects 3: 97-160 [100, 120] (Malaysia)
Froeschner, R.C. 1981. Heteroptera or true bugs of Ecuador: a partial catalog. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 1981(322): iv 1-147 [36] (Ecuador)
Froeschner, R.C. 1985. Synopsis of the Heteroptera or true bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: iii 1-84 [15] (description, Galápagos Ils)
Herring, J.L. 1961. The genus Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Pacific Insects 3: 223-305 [240] (synonymy, classification)
Matsuda, R. 1960. Morphology, evolution and a classification of the Gerridae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 41: 25-632 [299] (description)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | GERROMORPHA | 29-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2012 | 08-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Aug-2012 | 29-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | ||
| 20-Oct-2010 | 29-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED |