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Subgenus Halobates (Halobates) Eschscholtz, 1822

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental regions; Melanesia.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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)

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.

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
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