Species Halobates (Halobates) micans Eschscholtz, 1822

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halobates micans Eschscholtz, J.F. 1822. Entomographien. Berlin : G. Reimer Vol. 1 (erste Lieferung) 128 pp. [107].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (Herring, J.L. 1961. The genus Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Pacific Insects 3: 223–305 [246] reports type from University of Dorpat, Estonia; 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 [896] type possibly lost), S Atlantic Ocean, S Pacific Ocean.
• Halobates streatfieldanus Templeton, R. 1836. Description of a new hemipterous insect from the Atlantic Ocean. (Halobates streatfieldiana). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1: 230-231 [230].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (Institution uncertain, type possibly lost, see 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 [896]), found in longitude 20º under the line, nearly midway between the continents of Africa and America, Atlantic Ocean.
• Halobates wullerstorffi Frauenfeld, G. von 1867. Zoologische Miscellen. XI. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 425-502 [458].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW (Institution uncertain, type possibly lost, see 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 [896]), locality unknown.
• Halobates inermis Dahl, F. 1893. Die Halobates—Ausbeute der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1-9 [6].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB (Institution uncertain, type possibly lost, see 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 [896]), Atlantic Ocean.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dahl, F. 1893. Die Halobates—Ausbeute der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1-9 [2] (synonymy of Halobates wullerstorffi)
• Herring, J.L. 1961. The genus Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Pacific Insects 3: 223-305 [246] (synonymy of Halobates streatfieldanus and Halobates inermis)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Lizard Is., Somerset, NSW—Maroubra Bay, WA—Cottesloe Beach, NT—Cartier River, Wessel Is., also circumtropical.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Sydney Basin (SB), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, oceanic, pelagic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic; sometimes near shore.

 

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Foster, W.A. 1992. Sea skaters of India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, with a new species and a revised key to the Indian Ocean species of Halobates and Asclepios (Hemiptera, Gerridae). Journal of Natural History 26: 533-553 (Sri Lanka)

Andersen, N.M. & Polhemus, J.T. 1976. Water-striders (Hemiptera: Gerridae, Veliidae, etc.). pp. 187-224 in Cheng, L. (ed.). Marine Insects. Amsterdam : North-Holland Publishing Co. (note)

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 [895] (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.

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 [130] (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] (distribution)

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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