Biogeography and phylogeny of the sea-skaterHalobates

Lanna Cheng

doi:10.1007/BF02842613

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Biogeography and phylogeny of the sea-skaterHalobates

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- Biogeography and phylogeny of the sea-skaterHalobates
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 7, Issue 3, Pages: 233-239(1989)
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Cheng, L. Biogeography and phylogeny of the sea-skaterHalobates, ., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 7, 233–239 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02842613
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Cheng, L. Biogeography and phylogeny of the sea-skaterHalobates, ., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 7, 233–239 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02842613 DOI：

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Abstract

Members of the genusHalobates are the only insects to be found in the open oceans

generally roughly between latitudes 40°N and 40°S. Of the 40-old species

only five (Halobates micans

H. sericeus

H. germanus

H. sobrinus andH. splendens) are pelagic

the others being found in near-shore habitats

often endemic to islands or island groups.H. micans is the only cosmopolitan species

being found in the Atlantic

Pacific and Indian Oceans. All five species are found in the Pacific Ocean but only two

Halobates micans andHalobates germanus

occur also in the Indian Ocean. Their ranges of distribution are probably limited by physical as well as historical factors. Halobates probably originated from a near-shore brackish-water ancestor in the Indo-Malaysian region. This is the area where the majority of the near-shore sea-skater species are found; it is also where related brackish-water genera (Asclepios

etc.)occur. There are indications that the open-oceanH alobates are more highly evolved than their near-shore cousins

but we do not yet know how the various species are related. Eventually

cladistic analyses coupled with molecular biological techniques may provide data on this point.

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