Halobates melleus Linnavuori, 1971a: 360. HT: male, Sudan, Mersa Halaib; AMNH.
Halobates mangrovensis Schmidt & Müller, 1973: 6 (syn. Linnavuori, 1980: 2). HT: male, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Elat; Department of Zoology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.