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Halobates (sea skater)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae

Taxonomy
Halobates was named by Eschscholtz (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Halobatinae by Andersen et al. (1994), Andersen (1998) and Damgaard (2008).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Halobates Eschscholtz
1994Halobates Andersen et al. p. 483
1998Halobates Andersen p. 65
2008Halobates Damgaard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderGerromorphaPopov 1971
superfamilyGerroideaLeach 1815
familyGerridaeLeach 1815
subfamilyHalobatinae
genusHalobatesEschscholtz 1829

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Halobates Eschscholtz 1829 [sea skater]
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Halobates ruffoi Andersen et al. 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available