Subfamily Halobatinae Bianchi 1896 (water strider)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae
Full reference: V. Bianchi. 1896. On two new forms of the heteropterous family Gerridae. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk 1:69-76
Parent taxon: Gerridae according to J. Damgaard 2008
See also Andersen 1998, Andersen et al. 1994, Bianchi 1896, Matsuda 1960 and Nel and Paicheler 1993
Sister taxa: Charmatometrinae, Cretogerris, Cylindrobates, Cylindrostethinae, Electrobatinae, Gerrinae, Gerris parabdominalis, Gerris protobates, Lutetiabates, Metrobates aeternalis, Ptilomerinae, Succineogerris
Subtaxa: Halobates Limnobates prodromus
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