Species Halobates (Hilliella) mjobergi Hale, 1925

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• Halobates mjobergi Hale, H.M. 1925. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 44. The aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(20): 1-19 [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♂, Broome, WA (as North-western Australia).
  Paratype(s) NHRM ♀.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cape York, Mornington Is., Portland Roads, WA—Monte Bello Is., NT—Darwin, West Alligator River.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, coastal, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic, mangroves, saltwater lagoons, swamps.

 

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 1994. Austrobates rivularis, gen. et sp. nov., a freshwater relative of Halobates Eschscholtz (Hemiptera: Gerridae), with a new perspective on the evolution of sea skaters. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1-15 [7] (distribution)

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 [871] (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.

China, W.E. 1957. The marine Hemiptera of the Monte Bello Islands, with descriptions of some allied species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 43(291): 342-357 [342, 342] (as Halobates (Hilliella) mjobergi)

Herring, J.L. 1961. The genus Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Pacific Insects 3: 223-305 [274] (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)

Polhemus, J.T. 1982. Marine Hemiptera of the Northern Territory, including the first fresh-water species of Halobates Eschscholtz (Gerridae, Veliidae, Hermatobatidae and Corixidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 21: 5-11 [7] (distribution, relationships)

 

History of changes

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)