Classification > Superfamily
Gerroidea
> Family
Gerridae
> Subfamily
Trepobatinae
> Tribe
Trepobatini
> Genus
Halobatopsis
Halobatopsis platensis (Berg 1879)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
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- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Misiones
- Santa Fe
- Uruguay
Other distribution
Also known from Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru (Bachmann 1966, Morrone et al. 2004, Rodrigues et al. 2021).
- Halobates platensis Berg 1879
Inhabiting margins of slow flowing rivers in plains, and their overflows. This species is very common in most of its distributional
area; it forms compact aggregations, in which only the apterous morph occurs. Macropterous specimens are extremely rare (Mazzucconi & Bachmann 1995).
area; it forms compact aggregations, in which only the apterous morph occurs. Macropterous specimens are extremely rare (Mazzucconi & Bachmann 1995).
- RUFFINELLI A. & PIRÁN A.A. 1959. Hemípteros heterópteros del Uruguay. Boletín de la Facultad de Agronomía, Montevideo 51: 1–60.
- BACHMANN, A.O. 1966. Catalogo sistemático y clave para la determinación de las subfamilias, géneros y especies de las Gerridae de la República Argentina (Insecta, Hemiptera). Physis, 26 (71): 207-218.
- MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & BACHMANN, A.O. 1995. Geographic distribution of the Gerridae in Argentina (Insecta, Heteroptera). Insecta Mundi 9(3-4): 363- 370.
- MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & BACHMANN, A.O. 2003. The Veliidae and Gerridae from Uruguay (Hemiptera). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 62(3-4): 89- 90.
- MORRONE, J.J., MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & BACHMANN, A.O. 2004. Distributional patterns of Chacoan water bugs (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae, Corixidae, Micronectidae and Gerridae). Hydrobiologia 523: 159- 173.
- TORRES, P.L.M., MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & MICHAT, M.C. 2007. Los coleópteros y heterópteros acuáticos del Parque Nacional El Palmar (Provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina): lista faunística, diversidad y distribución. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 66 (3-4): 127-154
- RODRIGUES, J.M.D.S., NERY, L., RODRIGUES, H.D.D. & MOREIRA, F.F.F. 2021. Survey of the semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Alagoas and Sergipe, Northeast Brazil. Zootaxa 4958(1): 103–159.
