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Species Nabis capsiformis - Pale Damsel Bug

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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
No Taxon (subgenus Tropiconabis)
Species capsiformis (Pale Damsel Bug)
Explanation of Names
Nabis capsiformis Germar 1838
Range
se. US (TX-FL-NC-AR) to S. Amer. - Map (1)(2)(3), circumtropical, presumably of African origin
Remarks
long-winged species with great ability for aerial dispersal(2)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.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.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 6 July, 2009 - 11:38am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 June, 2023 - 3:02pm

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