Species Hermatobates haddoni Carpenter, 1892

Museums

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• Hermatobates haddoni Carpenter, G.H. 1892. Reports on the zoological collections made in Torres Straits by Professor A.C. Haddon, 1888–1889. Rhynchota from Murray Island and Mabuiag. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society 7: 137-146 [143].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Mabuiag Is., Torres Strait Ils.
• Hermatobatodes marchei Courtière, H. & Martin, J. 1901. Sur un nouvel Hémiptère halophile, Hermatobates marchei n. gen., n. sp. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 5: 214-226 [215].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Philippines.
  Paratype(s) MNHP 3♀ larva.
• Hermatobates walkeri 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 [346].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Arafura Sea.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Esaki, T. 1947. Notes on Hermatobates haddonii Carpenter (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Mushi 18: 49-51 [49] (synonymy of Hermatobatodes marchei)
• 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 [10] (synonymy of Hermatobates walkeri)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Torres Strait Ils, WA—Troughton Is., NT—East Point Reef, Darwin, also Oriental Region—Philippines, Micronesia, Melanesia—New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, coral reef, oceanic, rock reef, sublittoral, temporary pools.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic, intertidal in rock tidal pools, incidental collections in open seas, positively phototropic, feeds on Collembola and marine midges.

 

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.

Bergroth, E. 1906. Systematische und synonymische Bemerkungen über Hemipteren. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 25: 1-12 [7]

Carver, M., Gross, G.F. & Woodward, T.E. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects, etc.) [with contributions by Cassis, G., Evans, J.W., Fletcher, M.J., Hill, L., Lansbury, I., Malipatil, M.B., Monteith, G.B., Moulds, M.S., Polhemus, J.T., Slater, J.A., Štys, P., Taylor, K.L., Weir, T.A. & Williams, D.J.]. pp. 429-509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp. [483]

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

China, W.E. & Usinger, R.L. 1950. Hermatobates haddonii Carpenter from the Marquesas Islands (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 14: 53 (synonymy)

Esaki, T. 1947. Notes on Hermatobates haddonii Carpenter (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Mushi 18: 49-51

Esaki, T. & China, W.E. 1927. A new family of aquatic Heteroptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 75: 279-295 (biology)

Herring, J.L. 1965. Hermatobates, a new generic record for the Atlantic ocean, with descriptions of new species (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3510: 123-130 [123] (biology)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1896. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome III. Hétéroptères Tingidae, Phymatidae, Aradidae, Hebridae, Hydrometridae, Henicocephalidae, Reduvidae, Saldidae, Apophilidae, Ceratocombidae, Cimicidae, Anthocoridae. Berlin : R. Friedländer & Fils 275 pp. [64] (catalogue)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [153] (description)

Walker, J.J. 1893. On the genus Halobates, Esch., and other marine Hemiptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 2 4: 229-232 [229] (distribution, habitat)

 

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