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Genus Nabis

Ant Bug - Nabis subcoleoptratus Damsel Bug - Nabis alternatus Tribe Nabini? - Nabis flavomarginatus - male Nabis subcoleoptratus Nabis? - Nabis americoferus Damsel bug - Nabis ID Request -- Nabis (kalmii?) - Nabis Assassin bug - Nabis propinquus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Family Nabidae (Damsel Bugs)
Subfamily Nabinae
Tribe Nabini
Genus Nabis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
some taxa once treated as separate genera (e.g. in(1)(2)(3)) have been recently demoted back to subgenera of Nabis(4)
Explanation of Names
Nabis Latreille 1802
Numbers
19 spp. in 7 subgenera our area(4)
Size
6-9 mm
Identification
head and body slender, light to dark brown; front femora slightly enlarged
Range
throughout the Holarctic Region and many other parts of the world
Habitat
low vegetation in fields and gardens
Season
most common during the warmer months but may be found at any time of year
Food
nymphs and adults prey on soft-bodied insects
Life Cycle
usually overwinter as adults; 1-5 generations per year, depending on location
See Also
Reduviidae, especially slender ones (e.g. Zelus)
Internet References
Taxon profile (Mahr 1997)(5)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
3.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
4.Three new species, notes and new records of poorly known species, and an updated checklist for the North American Nabidae...
Kerzhner I.M., Henry T.J. 2008. Proc. Ent Soc. Wash. 110: 988–1011.
5.Biological Control News