Species Halobates (Halobates) whiteleggei Skuse, 1891

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• Halobates whiteleggei Skuse, F.A.A. 1891. Description of a new pelagic hemipteron from Port Jackson. Records of the Australian Museum 1: 174-177 [174].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM 2♂ 2♀ larva, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Stradbroke Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, coastal, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic, mangroves, saltwater 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 [882] (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.

Herring, J.L. 1961. The genus Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Pacific Insects 3: 223-305 [277] (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)

Skuse, F.A.A. 1893. Notes on Australian aquatic Hemiptera. (No. 1). Records of the Australian Museum 2: 42-45 pl. xi [44] (note)

 

History of changes

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