MARINE HEMIPTERA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, INCLUDING THE FIRST FRESH‐WATER SPECIES OF HALOBATES ESCHSCHOLTZ (GERRIDAE, VELIIDAE, HERMATOBATIDAE AND CORIXIDAE)

Abstract

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. Copyright © 1982, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved