Species Halobates (Halobates) germanus White, 1883
- Halobates germanus White, F.B. 1883. Report on the pelagic Hemiptera procured during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger in the years 1873–1876. pp. 1-82 in Thompson, C.W. & Murray, J. (eds). Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–1876. Vol. 7. Zoology. London : H.M.S.O. [50].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, N Pacific Ocean, Celebes Sea, China Sea. - Halobates sewelli Imms, A.D. 1936. On a new species of Halobates, a genus of pelagic Hemiptera. Journal of the Murray Expedition Science Report 4(2): 71 [71].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH (Institution uncertain), Gulf of Oman, Red Sea (as Arabian Sea).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—near Somerset Is., Torres Strait, WA—Ashmore Reef, Cartier Reef, Wessel Is., Bonaparte Gulf, also Indo-Pacific Ocean, Afrotropical Region—Madagascar, east African coast, Oriental Region—India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Polynesia—Marquesas Ils.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, coastal, oceanic, pelagic, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Semiaquatic, rock pools.
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 [900] (description)
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 [114] (description)
Cheng, L. 1975. Insecta Hemiptera: Heteroptera. Gerridae Genus Halobates. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton 147: 1-4 [2, figs] (description)
Cheng, L. 1976. Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae) from the seas around Nosy Bé, Malagasy. Scripps Institute Oceanographic Contributions 46: 167-170 [169] (Madagascar)
Cheng, L. 1985. Biology of Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae). Annual Review of Entomology 30: 111-135 [116] (biology, distribution)
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 [121] (description)
Distant, W.L. 1920. Rhynchota from New Caledonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 6: 143-164 [158] (New Caledonia)
Herring, J.L. 1958. The marine water-striders of the "Dana" Expeditions. (Insecta: Hemiptera). Dana Reports 44: 1-14 [7] (description)
Jaczewski, T. 1972. Geographical distribution of Oceanic Heteroptera and the continental drift. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences. Série des Sciences Biologiques Sci. Biol. 20: 415-417 [416] (distribution)
Linnavuori, R. 1971. Hemiptera of the Sudan, with remarks on some species of the adjacent countries 1. The aquatic and subaquatic families. Annales Zoologici Fennici 8: 340-366 [360] (description, distribution)
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)
Miyamoto, S. & Senta, T. 1959. Distribution, marine condition and other biological notes of marine water-striders, Halobates spp., in the south-western sea area of Kyushu and western area of Japan Sea. Sieboldia 3 2: 171-186 [171, 175] (description)
Usinger, R.L. 1938. Biological notes on the pelagic water striders (Halobates) of the Hawaiian Islands, with description of a new species from Waikiki (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 10: 77-84 [83] (list)
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