Genus Xenobates Esaki, 1927
- Xenobates Esaki, T. 1927. An interesting new genus and species of Hydrometridae (Hem.) from South America. The Entomologist 60: 181-184 [184] [nom. nov. for
Microbates Esaki, 1926]. - Microbates 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 [153] [junior homonym of
Microbates Sclater & Salvin, 1873 (Aves)].Type species:
Microbates seminulum Esaki, 1926 by monotypy. - Colpovelia 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] [first introduced as a subgenus of
Halovelia Bergroth, 1893].Type species:
Halovelia (Colpovelia) angulana Polhemus, 1982 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Andersen, N.M. 1989. The coral bugs, genus Halovelia Bergroth (Hemiptera, Veliidae). I. History, classification, and taxonomy of species except the H. malaya-group. Entomologica Scandinavica 20: 75-120 [85]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Melanesia.
IBRA
NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC) ; NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP) ; Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Distribution References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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) |