Entomological Science

Volume 7, Issue 4 p. 351-357

Distribution of the oceanic insects Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae) off the south coast of Japan

Terumi IKAWA,

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Terumi IKAWA

Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Morioka College, Takizawa, Iwate

Terumi Ikawa, Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Morioka College, 808 Sunagome, Takizawa, Iwate, 020-0173 Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author

Hidehiko OKABE,

Hidehiko OKABE

National Institute of Material Sciences, Tsukuba

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Sugihiko HOSHIZAKI,

Sugihiko HOSHIZAKI

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

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Takahiro KAMIKADO,

Takahiro KAMIKADO

Kagoshima Prefectural Plant Protection Office, Kagoshima, Japan

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Lanna CHENG,

Lanna CHENG

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

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Terumi IKAWA,

Corresponding Author

Terumi IKAWA

Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Morioka College, Takizawa, Iwate

Terumi Ikawa, Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Morioka College, 808 Sunagome, Takizawa, Iwate, 020-0173 Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author

Hidehiko OKABE,

Hidehiko OKABE

National Institute of Material Sciences, Tsukuba

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Sugihiko HOSHIZAKI,

Sugihiko HOSHIZAKI

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

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Takahiro KAMIKADO,

Takahiro KAMIKADO

Kagoshima Prefectural Plant Protection Office, Kagoshima, Japan

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Lanna CHENG,

Lanna CHENG

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

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First published: 19 November 2004

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8298.2004.00083.x

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Abstract

Specimens of ocean skaters Halobates were collected off the south coast of Japan in the East China Sea in 1995, and from the Kumano-nada Sea to the East China Sea in 1998 and 1999. Three species were identified: H. micans, H. germanus and H. sericeus. We found two species co-occurring in comparable densities in different years, a phenomenon not hitherto reported in other regions of the ocean. We discuss distributions of the three Halobates species with special reference to the influence of the Kuroshio Current, temporal variations of sea-surface temperature, and monsoonal winds.

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