Open AccessMARINE HEMIPTERA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, INCLUDING THE FIRST FRESH‐WATER SPECIES OF HALOBATES ESCHSCHOLTZ (GERRIDAE, VELIIDAE, HERMATOBATIDAE AND CORIXIDAE) *
Author(s) -
Polhemus John T.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1982.tb01756.x
Subject(s) - gerridae , biology , hemiptera , subgenus , heteroptera , genus , zoology , ecology
This paper deals with marine and related Hemiptera found in the Darwin area, Northern Territory. Two subgenera are discussed: Hilliella China (genus Halobates ) and Colpovelia subgen. n. (genus Halovelia Bergroth). Eight species are discussed, 2 of them new: Halobates (Halobates) acherontis and Halovelia (Colpovelia) angulana. The world's first freshwater Halobates and the first Australian corixid from marine waters are reported. A long series of Hermatobates haddoni Carpenter showed that Hermatobates walkeri China is its junior subjective synonym.