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WoRMS taxon details

Asclepios apicalis (Esaki, 1924)

AphiaID

478398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:478398)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Asclepios Distant, 1915

Original name

Halobates apicalis Esaki, 1924

Synonymised names

Halobates apicalis Esaki, 1924 · unaccepted (basionym)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Halobates apicalis Esaki, 1924) Esaki, T. (1924). On the Genus Halobates From Japanese and Formosan Coasts (Hemiptera: Gerridæ). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 31(2): 112-118., available online at http://psyche.entclub.org/31/31-112.html [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Halobates apicalis Esaki, 1924) KUEC,...

Holotype (of Halobates apicalis Esaki, 1924) KUEC, verbatimGeounit Taiwan (South), Amp... [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Asclepios apicalis (Esaki, 1924). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478398 on 2026-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-05-28 10:14:24Z

created

Decock, Wim

2012-10-03 10:57:20Z

checked

Cheng, Lanna

2018-04-04 20:24:00Z

changed

Cheng, Lanna

2026-04-27 18:42:48Z

changed

Polhemus, Dan

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Halobates apicalis Esaki, 1924) Esaki, T. (1924). On the Genus Halobates From Japanese and Formosan Coasts (Hemiptera: Gerridæ). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 31(2): 112-118., available online at http://psyche.entclub.org/31/31-112.html [details]

basis of record Andersen, N.M.; Cheng, L. (2004). The marine insect Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae): biology, adaptations, distribution and phylogeny. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 42: 119-180. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors