Species Halobates (Halobates) acherontis Polhemus, 1982

Museums

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• Halobates (Halobates) acherontis 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 [6].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Daly River, about 70 miles above mouth, NT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 80♂ 23♀; UCM; CPOLH.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic.

 

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 [888] (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] (distribution)

 

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