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Species Halobates (Halobates) germanus White, 1883

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 and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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)

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. 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)

Maxwell-Lefroy, H. 1909. Indian Insect Life. A manual of the insects of the plains (tropical India). 2 vols. Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co. xii 786 pp. [695] (India)

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)

 

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)
05-Dec-2012 05-Dec-2012 MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012 15-Aug-2012 MODIFIED
20-Oct-2010 06-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)