taxonID	type	description	language	source
151E9700FC68FFBAFC756106BEA3FC32.taxon	description	, vm f 1 1: Species formidabilis m:, 2,, vf iii 6 1 iv 1 djiboutensis Halobates Hermatobates with) Night lagoon (D) N) ((Day / Habitat sheltered, mangrove lagoon Island Shallow, Island, Island Atoll Atoll Atoll / Island Maalhendhoo Noonu Dhidhdhoo Lhaviyani ʹE ʹE. 27.5 22.9 Long 73 ° ° 73 / Lat. ʹ 54.1 N 22.8 N ʹ ° ° 5 5 2013 2013 Date May May 5 6 54 55 waters (Cheng, 1989), on which basis Andersen & Foster (1992) included Maldives within the range of this species. However, our specimens appear to be the first records of H. germanus actually from Maldivian waters. It is easily distinguished from H. formidabilis by its much smaller size (Fig. 5 A) and the structure of the male genitalia (Fig. 5 B, C).	en	Anderson, R. Charles, Adam, M. Shiham, Cheng, Lanna (2023): Marine insects of the Maldives (Heteroptera: Gerridae, Hermatobatidae and Veliidae; Diptera: Chironomidae) with notes on taxonomy, Indo-Pacific distribution, and ecology. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71: 478-490, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2023-0035
