Halobates Eschscholtz, 1822

Le, Thi Phuong Linh, Tran, Anh Duc & Nguyen, Thi Anh Nguyet, 2024, Marine bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from Vietnam, with description of a new species of Hermatobates (Hermatobatidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 64 (1), pp. 67-78 : 76-77

Genus Halobates Eschscholtz, 1822

Halobates flaviventris Eschscholtz, 1822 Material examined. VIETNAM: KHÁNH HOǠ: 1 J 1 ♀, “VIETNAM, Cauda nr.Nhatrang, leg. R. Serène, coll.H. Nouvel, nr.L.272” ( NHMW); 1 J 2 ♀♀, “Chevey / No.2” ( MNHN); 5 JJ 2 ♀♀, “Chevey / No.3” ( MNHN); 7 JJ 1 ♀, “Chevey / No. 4” ( MNHN); 1 J, “Chevey / No.6” ( MNHN); 6 JJ 2 ♀♀, “Chevey / No.8” ( MNHN); 2 JJ, “Chevey / No.10” ( MNHN).

Remarks. All specimens in MNHN were placed in the box “Gerridides marins d’Indo-chine (coll. Poisson via coll. B. Ehanno)”, which also included other marine veliids (see ZETTEL & TRAN 2006). These specimens were labelled with “Chevey” and a locality number (from 1 to 10) and there were additional sheets of paper in the box with descriptive details about localities (in French) for each number. Based on these notes, the localities were in Nha Trang and nearby areas (central coast of Vietnam) (for details, see ZETTEL & TRAN 2006: 86).

Distribution in Vietnam. Khánh Hoà (Nha Trang) ( ZETTEL & CHEN 1996).

General distribution. Indian Ocean and West Pacific Ocean ( ANDERSEN & CHENG 2004, ROMÁN- PALACIOS et al. 2020).