Species Halobates (Halobates) darwini Herring, 1961
- 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
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)
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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