Halobates micans Eschscholtz, 1822

Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo & Springer, Monika, 2018, The water striders (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Costa Rica: new species, checklist, and new records, Zootaxa 4471 (3), pp. 493-522 : 509

Halobates micans Eschscholtz, 1822 and Halobates splendens Witlaczil, 1886

Halobates micans is the most widely distributed species of insect; it is found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and is the only member of the genus in the Atlantic Ocean ( Ikawa et al. 2012). It has been collected off the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica ( Ikawa et al. 2012: Fig. 6 ), although we did not examine any specimens during this study. Similarly, we did not examine any specimens of H. splendens , but despite being more common south of the equator, this species has been collected off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica ( Ikawa et al. 2012: Fig. 6 ).

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FIGURES 1–9. Brachymetra bernaldi Cordeiro, sp. nov. 1a. Male, dorsal view. 1b. Male, ventral view. 1c. Male, lateral view. 2a. Female, dorsal view. 2b. Female, ventral view. 2c. Female, lateral view. 3a. Male, apex of abdomen, dorsal view. 3b. Male, apex of abdomen, ventral view. 4a. Female, apex of abdomen, dorsal view. 4b. Female, apex of abdomen, ventral view. 5a. Male, abdominal segment VIII, dorsal view. 5b. Male, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view. 5c. Male, abdominal segment VIII, lateral view. 6a. Male, pygophore, lateral view. 6b. Male, pygophore, detail of apex, caudal view. 7. Male, proctiger, dorsal view. 8a. Paramere, caudal view. 8b. Paramere, lateral view. 9. Sclerites of phallus, lateral view (DE: dorsal sclerite, VE: ventral sclerite).