subgenus Nabis

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

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 Nabis

Numbers

4 spp. in our area(1), 25 total

Range

in our area, 2 spp. widespread across Canada and much of the US, and 2 spp. restricted to sw. US(1)

NOT YET IN THE GUIDE(1):

Nabis edax Blatchley 1929 • CA (known from holotype)

Nabis mexicanus Remane 1964 • CO‒NM‒AZ

Works Cited

1.	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.

Contributed by v belov on 11 February, 2011 - 5:25pm
Last updated 24 September, 2023 - 9:25pm

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