taxonID	type	description	language	source
03DF0E12FF85FFF0FF1060528582621F.taxon	description	The genus	en	Heyden, Torsten van der (2023): New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), IX. Arquivos Entomolóxicos 27: 161-163, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12813049
03DF0E12FF85FFF0FF1060528582621F.taxon	distribution	(Heteroptera: Gerridae) is the only taxon of insects that contains species which live on the open ocean. Five species of Halobates are completely oceanic in habitat (CHENG, 1985; ANDERSEN & CHENG, 2004; CHENG & MISHRA, 2022). Among them, only Halobates micans Eschscholtz, 1822 is present in the Atlantic Ocean (CHENG, 1985, 2006; ANDERSEN & CHENG, 2004). So far, in Macaronesia H. micans has been reported from the Azores (RIBES & BORGES, 2005) and from Madeira (RIBES & HEISS, 2008). In the Azores, H. micans SOmetimeS OCCURS “ iN FAiR NUmbeRS in a bay near the marine station on Faial Island ” (Lanna Cheng, pers. comm.). Now, H. micans can be reported from the Canary Islands, too: On 06 - 12 - 2023, a male specimen (Fig. 1) was found near Arenas Blancas, located at the northwestern coast of the island of El Hierro. Four photographs of the specimen were uploaded to the online database iNaturalist (see here). Based on a photo, the identification of the specimen was confirmed by Lanna Cheng (pers. comm.).	en	Heyden, Torsten van der (2023): New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), IX. Arquivos Entomolóxicos 27: 161-163, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12813049
03DF0E12FF85FFF1FF1062A680D2648C.taxon	description	Up to now,	en	Heyden, Torsten van der (2023): New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), IX. Arquivos Entomolóxicos 27: 161-163, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12813049
03DF0E12FF85FFF1FF1062A680D2648C.taxon	distribution	(Heteroptera: Aradidae) has been reported for the islands of El Hierro and Tenerife (HEISS, 1979; HEISS & BÁEZ, 1990; HEISS & RIBES, 1992; AUKEMA et al., 2006, 2013; ROCA-CUSACHS et al., 2020). The island of La Palma can be added to the list of the distribution of A. canariensis in the Canary archipelago: On 08 - 12 - 2023, a male specimen (Fig. 2) was found near Las Tricias in the northwestern part of the island. Two photographs of the specimen were uploaded to the online database iNaturalist (see here). Based on a photo, the identification of the specimen was confirmed by Ernst Heiss (pers. comm.).	en	Heyden, Torsten van der (2023): New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), IX. Arquivos Entomolóxicos 27: 161-163, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12813049
