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Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp.
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Cheng, L. (Ed.)
1976
Marine insects
North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp.
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Actaletes Giard, 1889 (additional source)
Actaletes calcarius Bellinger, 1962 (basis of record)
Actaletes neptuni Giard, 1889 (additional source)
Acticola Cameron, 1944 (basis of record)
Acticola falklandica Cameron, 1944 (basis of record)
Actocharis Sharp, 1870 (basis of record)
Actocharis marina Fauvel, 1871 accepted as Actocharis readingii Sharp, 1870 (basis of record)
Aedes Meigen, 1818 (additional source)
Aedes (Halaedes) australis (Erichson, 1842) accepted as Halaedes australis (Erichson, 1842) (basis of record)
Aedes (Lorrainea) dasyorrhus King & Hoogstraal, 1946 accepted as Lorrainea dasyorrhus (King & Hoogstraal, 1946) (basis of record)
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) caspius (Pallas, 1771) accepted as Ochlerotatus caspius (Pallas, 1771) (additional source)
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) detritus (Haliday, 1833) accepted as Ochlerotatus detritus (Haliday, 1833) (additional source)
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) mariae (Sergent & Sergent, 1903) accepted as Acartomyia mariae (Sergent & Sergent, 1903) (basis of record)
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) phoeniciae Coluzzi & Sabatini, 1968 accepted as Acartomyia phoeniciae (Coluzzi & Sabatini, 1968) (basis of record)
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sollicitans (Walker, 1856) accepted as Ochlerotatus sollicitans (Walker, 1856) (basis of record)
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann, 1821) accepted as Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann, 1821) (basis of record)
Aedes (Ochlerotatus) zammitii Theobald, 1903 accepted as Acartomyia zammitii (Theobald, 1903) (basis of record)
Aegialites Mannerheim, 1853 (basis of record)
Aegialites californicus Motschulsky, 1845 (basis of record)
Aegialites fuchsi Horn, 1893 (basis of record)
Aegialites stejnegeri Linell, 1898 (basis of record)
Aegialites subopacus (Van Dyke, 1918) (basis of record)
Aepophilinae Puton, 1879 (basis of record)
Aepophilus Signoret, 1879 (additional source)
Aepophilus bonnairei Signoret, 1879 (additional source)
Aepopsis robinii (Laboulbene, 1849) (additional source)
Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy, 1898 (basis of record)
Agraptocorixa eurynome (Kirkaldy, 1897) (basis of record)
Agraptocorixa hirtifrons (Hale, 1922) (basis of record)
Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802 (additional source)
Aleochara (Coprochara) sulcicollis Mannerheim, 1843 (basis of record)
Amblopusa Casey, 1894 (basis of record)
Amblopusa borealis Casey, 1906 accepted as Paramblopusa borealis (Casey, 1906) (basis of record)
Amblopusa brevipes Casey, 1894 (basis of record)
Anopheles Meigen, 1818 (additional source)
Anopheles amictus Edwards, 1921 (basis of record)
Anopheles amictus hilli Woodhill & Lee, 1944 (basis of record)
Anopheles atropos Dyar & Knab, 1906 (basis of record)
Anopheles bradleyi King, 1939 (basis of record)
Anopheles farauti Laveran, 1902 (basis of record)
Anopheles gambiae var. melas (Theobald, 1903) (basis of record)
Anopheles melas Theobald, 1903 (basis of record)
Anopheles merus Dönitz, 1902 (basis of record)
Antarcticodomus Brookes, 1951 (basis of record)
Antarcticodomus fallai Brooks, 1951 (basis of record)
Antarctophthirus Enderlein, 1906 (additional source)
Antarctophthirus callorhini (Osborn, 1899) (additional source)
Antarctophthirus lobodontis Enderlein, 1909 (additional source)
Antarctophthirus mawsoni Harrison, 1937 (additional source)
Antarctophthirus microchir (Trouessart & Neumann, 1888) † (additional source)
Antarctophthirus ogmorhini Enderlein, 1906 (additional source)
Antarctophthirus trichechi (Bohemann, 1865) (additional source)
Anurida Laboulbène, 1865 (additional source)
Anurida bisetosa Bagnall, 1949 accepted as Anurida maritima (Guérin-Méneville, 1836) (basis of record)
Anurida denisi (Bagnall, 1939) (additional source)
Anurida maritima (Guérin-Méneville, 1836) (additional source)
Anurida thalassophila (Bagnall, 1939) (basis of record)
Anuridella Willem, 1906 (additional source)
Anuridella calcarata (Denis, 1925) (additional source)
Anuridella marina Willem, 1906 (additional source)
Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878 (basis of record)
Aphis Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Aphis tripolii Liang, 1920 (basis of record)
Aphrosylus Haliday, 1851 (additional source)
Aphrosylus celtiber Haliday, 1855 (additional source)
Aphrosylus praedator Wheeler, 1897 (basis of record)
Archisotoma Linnaniemi, 1912 (additional source)
Archisotoma besselsi (Packard, 1877) (additional source)
Archisotoma interstitialis Delamare, 1953 (basis of record)
Archisotoma nigricans Bagnall, 1939 (additional source)
Archisotoma pulchella (Moniez, 1890) (basis of record)
Arctocorisa Wallengren, 1894 (additional source)
Arpediomimus Cameron, 1917 accepted as Crymus Fauvel, 1904 (basis of record)
Asclepios Distant, 1915 (additional source)
Asclepios annandalei Distant, 1915 (additional source)
Asmeringa Becker, 1903 (basis of record)
Asmeringa lindsleyi Sturtevant & Wheeler, 1954 accepted as Tronamyia lindsleyi (Sturtevant & Wheeler, 1954) (basis of record)
Atissa Haliday, 1837 (basis of record)
Atissa litoralis (Cole, 1912) (basis of record)
Atissa pygmaea (Haliday, 1833) (basis of record)
Austrogoniodes Harrison, 1915 (additional source)
Austrogoniodes waterstoni (Cummings, 1914) (additional source)
Axelsonia Börner, 1906 (additional source)
Axelsonia littoralis (Moniez, 1890) (additional source)
Axelsonia tubifera Strenzke, 1958 (basis of record)
Baeostethus Broun, 1909 (basis of record)
Baeostethus chiltoni Broun, 1909 (basis of record)
Belgica Jacobs, 1900 (basis of record)
Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900 (basis of record)
Bembidion (Cillenus) laterale (Samouelle, 1819) (additional source)
Bidessus Sharp, 1882 (basis of record)
Bidessus megacephalus Gschwendtner, 1931 (basis of record)
Bledius Leach, 1819 (additional source)
Bledius fenyesi Bernhauer & Schubert, 1911 (basis of record)
Bledius monstratus Casey, 1889 (basis of record)
Bledius spectabilis Kraatz, 1857 (additional source)
Brachydeutera Loew, 1860 (basis of record)
Brachydeutera argentata (Walker, 1852) (basis of record)
Brachydeutera hebes (Cresson, 1926) (basis of record)
Bryobiota Casey, 1894 (basis of record)
English funnel-web spiders for Agelenidae Koch, 1837
English jumping spiders for Salticidae Blackwall, 1841
English shore flies & brine flies for Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837
English toad bugs for Gelastocoridae
English trap-door spiders for Barychelidae Simon, 1889
 Additional information

Internal parasite collected from sea urchins in the Western Pacific. [details]

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A parasite of the mollusc Amphineura in New Zealand. [details]

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Euryhaline shore bug. [details]

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Euryhaline shore bug. [details]

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Euryhaline shore bug. [details]

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Under kelp on ocean beaches in Europe and the Mediterranean. [details]

 Diet

Their food consist mainly of littoral isopods. [details]

 Diet

Predator. Known to feed on leodicids and polychaete annelids. [details]

 Dispersal

Deutonymphs and rarely the adults of this species are phoretic on amphipods of the genus Orchestoidea which they ... [details]

 Distribution

Euryhaline Holarctic species. [details]

 Distribution

Found around saline habitats along the sea and inland in Europe. [details]

 Habitat

On rocks in the intertidal zone of French coasts. [details]

 Habitat

Very rare under seaweed below high water mark. [details]

 Habitat

Aquatic stage of this mosquito species occurs in coastal rockpools often above the level of high tides, where the ... [details]

 Habitat

Aedes dasyorrhus is one of very few species whose larval habitat is essentially confined to brackish water tree ... [details]

 Habitat

Aquatic stage of this mosquito species occurs in coastal rockpools often above the level of high tides, where the ... [details]

 Habitat

This species occurs in coastal rockpool along the Mediterranean Sea. [details]

 Habitat

This species occurs in coastal rockpool along the Mediterranean Sea. [details]

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Breeds in temporary pools found in natural depresssions in both saltmarshes and mangrove swamps. [details]

 Habitat

Breeds in temporary pools found in natural depressions in both saltmarshes and mangrove swamps. [details]

 Habitat

This species occurs in coastal rockpool along the Mediterranean Sea. [details]

 Habitat

This is a typical member of the crevice dwellers belonging to the marine Coleoptera, which are restricted to rocky ... [details]

 Habitat

In intertidal rock crevices on reefs. [details]

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In intertidal rock crevices on reefs. [details]

 Habitat

Algivorous species restricted to littoral or estuarine situations known from England. [details]

 Habitat

Found on the Atlantic coasts of New York and France on rocks in the intertidal zone, although it is usually ... [details]

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Algivorous species restricted to littoral or estuarine situations known from England. [details]

 Habitat

Collected among gravel near flood tide level on the seashore in Japan. [details]

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Restricted in the intertidal zone to 'high' marsh areas of the mangal. Completes its larval development during ... [details]

 Habitat

Limited to the upper intertidal zone in distribution. [details]

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Found in the lower intertidal. [details]

 Habitat

Limited to the upper intertidal zone in distribution.  [details]

 Habitat

Widely distributed about the mean tide level. [details]

 Habitat

Found in the lower intertidal. [details]

 Habitat

Has been collected in the littoral zone of Indo China from the Gulf of Siam to the Gulf of Tonkin. The first ... [details]

 Habitat

Recorded from salt water crabs of the genus Coenobita[details]

 Habitat

Recorded from salt water crabs of the genus Coenobita[details]

 Habitat

In wrack and littoral subsoil, presumably cosmopolitan. [details]

 Habitat

Confined to highly saline seashore ponds. [details]

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Found abundantly in sand bars separating a lagoon from the ocean. [details]

 Habitat

Tidal pools, saltmarshes. [details]

 Habitat

Hawaiian species, feeds on decaying vegetation and algae in stagnant brackish water. [details]

 Habitat

Seashore species from China. [details]

 Habitat

Very common around the English coast in growths of Enteromorpha on which it feeds. [details]

 Habitat

Along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and in the Bahamas, Culicoides melleus larvae are found in ... [details]

 Habitat

Found around slightly saline brakish waters. [details]

 Habitat

Found occurring between tide marks. [details]

 Habitat

This common British species was found enclosed in a silken cell on the undersurface of a rock on mud flats at the ... [details]

 Habitat

On saltmarshes. [details]

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Saline habitats. [details]

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Mangrove swamps. [details]

 Habitat

From Naples, Itlay as genuine halophile. [details]

 Habitat

From the upper edge of the intertidal zone. Found on saltmarshes on the Atlantic coast of North America. [details]

 Habitat

Reported from several localities in New Zealand. It was found on upper intertidal rocks and nests in deep rock crevices. [details]

 Habitat

Reported from England among halophytic plants and during high tide they sheleter in crannies or cracks under stones ... [details]

 Habitat

Saltmarshes & wrack beds [details]

 Habitat

Although this is a typical freshwater species, it has a limited ability to enter and survive in saline environments. [details]

 Habitat

Although this is a typically freshwater species, is has a limited ability to enter and survive in saline environments. [details]

 Habitat

The larvae of this aquatic dipteran can tolerate prolonged exposure to seawater. [details]

 Habitat

Culicoides arubae is a facultative crabhole breeder, having been collected in large numbers from saltwater pools ... [details]

 Habitat

Mangrove swamp breeder in West Africa. [details]

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Mangrove swamp breeder. [details]

 Habitat

Mangrove swamp breeder in French Polynesia. [details]

 Habitat

Around saltwater pools. [details]

 Habitat

Crabhole breeder on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. [details]

 Habitat

Occurs on bare intertidal mud. [details]

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Mangrove swamp breeder in San José Island, Baja California, Mexico. [details]

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Mangrove swamp breeder. [details]

 Habitat

In vegetated areas of saltmarsh. [details]

 Habitat

This Australian species is a breeder in algal mats in tidal pools. [details]

 Habitat

Found in saltmarshes dominated by the sea grass Spartina alterniflora[details]

 Habitat

Occasional crabhole breeder recorded from Brazil. [details]

 Habitat

Recorded from coastal salt meadows. [details]

 Habitat

This Palaearctic halophilic species is found in vegetated areas of saltmarsh. [details]

 Habitat

Inhabits intertidal mud in Korea. [details]

 Habitat

Inhabits sandy, intertidal soils in coastal and estuarine localities in Australia. [details]

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Mangrove swamp breeder in West Africa. [details]

 Habitat

This species is a mangrove swamp breeder and is a major pest in the Palau Islands. [details]

 Habitat

This species breeds in supratidal sand moistened by seepage. [details]

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Recorded from coastal salt meadows. [details]

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Crabhole breeder from Brazil. [details]

 Habitat

From bare intertidal mud. [details]

 Habitat

Inhabits intertidal soils in coastal and estuarine localities in Australia. [details]

 Habitat

Larvae of this large, bloodsucking midge were found in vegetated salt flats near Valdez, Alaska, in soil covered by ... [details]

 Habitat

Recorded from coastal salt meadows. [details]

 Habitat

Collected from intertidal crevices in Wales. [details]

 Habitat

Often found at the base of tufts of the algae Amophila in Europe. [details]

 Habitat

This species is a breeder in coastal splash pools and saltwater canals in Hawaii. [details]

 Habitat

D. cancer breeds in Florida in the holes of the land crab Cardisoma crassum[details]

 Habitat

Found in holes 2-3 cm in diameter made by the fiddler crab Uca subcylindrica[details]

 Habitat

Often found in association with Deinocerites mathesoni in crabholes. Deinocerites pseudes prefers holes 5 cm or ... [details]

 Habitat

In Cheng (1976) as Desis marinus[details]

 Habitat

Individuals are found in intertidal rock crevices down to mean low water.  [details]

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Intertidal species of the rocky stones of the Pacific North Temperate Realm. [details]

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Intertidal species of the rocky stones of the Pacific North Temperate Realm. [details]

 Habitat

Intertidal species of the rocky stones of the Pacific North Temperate Realm. [details]

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Intertidal species of the rocky stones of the Pacific North Temperate Realm. [details]

 Habitat

Species of sandy beaches of the Pacific North Temperate Realm. [details]

 Habitat

Saltmarshes [details]