Species Halobates (Halobates) herringi Polhemus & Cheng, 1982

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• Halobates herringi Polhemus, J.T. & Cheng, L. 1982. Notes on marine water-striders with descriptions of new species. Part 1. Gerridae (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects 24: 219-227 [225] [paratypes].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Auckland Creek, Gladstone, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀; CCHENG 3♂ ♀; CPOLH.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, coastal, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic.

General References

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. 1985. Biology of Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae). Annual Review of Entomology 30: 111-135 [117] (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)

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