Species Halobates (Halobates) hayanus White, 1883
- Halobates hayanus 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. [52].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, near Aden, Red Sea. - Halobates frauenfeldanus 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. [57].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Indian Ocean. - Halobates incanus Witlaczil, E. 1886. Die Ausbeute des "Pisani" an Halobates während der Erdumseglung. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 5: 177-182, 231-234 [179].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW ♂ ♀, Indian Ocean (as Indischer Ocean). - Halobates (Halobates) australiensis Malipatil, M.B. 1988. Two new species of Halobates Eschscholtz (Hemiptera: Gerridae) from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 27: 157-160 [157].
Type data:
Holotype NTM ♂, bay south of Sphink Head, Marchinbar Is., Wessel Ils, NT.
Paratype(s) NTM ♂.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Herring, J.L. 1961. The genus Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Pacific Insects 3: 223-305 [284] (synonymy of Halobates frauenfeldanus and Halobates incanus)
- 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 [45] (synonymy of Halobates (Halobates) australiensis Malipatil, 1988)
- Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 1991. Three new species of marine water-striders from the Australasian region, with notes on other species (Gerridae: Halobatinae, Trepobatinae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 39: 1-13 [7] (Halobates australiensis as junior synonym of
Halobates calyptus Herring, 1961)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Low Ils, Magnetic Is., Portland Roads, Townsville, Torres Strait Ils (Horne Is., Thursday Is.), NT—Beer Eetar Is., Darwin, also Red Sea, Indian Ocean, SW Pacific.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, coastal, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Semiaquatic, in pools on intertidal reef flats, sea surface off coral coasts.
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 [893] (description)
Cheng, L. 1985. Biology of Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae). Annual Review of Entomology 30: 111-135 [117] (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 [120] (description, Malaysia)
Dahl, F. 1893. Die Halobates—Ausbeute der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1-9 [2] (distribution)
Esaki, T. 1926. The water-striders of the subfamily Halobatinae in the Hungarian National Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 23: 117-164 [132] (description)
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 [359] (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] (Australia)
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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