Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

S. Balakrishnan ¹, K. Kamalakannan ¹, M. Srinivasan ¹, P. Sampathkumar ¹, G. Thirumalai ²

Affiliations
1 Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai - 608 502, Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Station, Chennai - 600 028, IN

Abstract

The water-striders, Halobates micans (Hemiptera: Gerridae) was described in 1822 by Eschscholtz based on the material procured from unspecified locality some where along the Southeast coast of India. The allotype of this species was designated by Eschscholtz, which was collected from Nagapattinani coastal waters.

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