Nabidae
Creators: name: Novoselsky, T.
name: Freidberg, A.
name: Dorchin, N.
name: Meltzer, N.
name: Kerzhner, I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Nabidae

description: Key to the species of Nabidae in Israel
1. Fore femur strongly turgid, distinctly widest at mid-length (except in Prostemma sanguineum (Rossi)) and with 2–3 dense rows of black spinules (Fig. 3); fore tibia strongly widened from base to apex (Fig. 3). Usually brachypterous (Subfamily Prostemmatinae)......................................................................................... 2
-. Fore femur moderately turgid, without projection and rows of black spinules; fore tibia not widened (Fig. 4). Usually macropterous (Subfamily Nabinae)....................................................................... 6
2. Pronotum dull. Connexivum delimited from sternites by row of small oblique ribs. Genitalia anterior to tip of abdomen ventrally (Figs. 13–14). Channel of metathoracic scent gland not directed cephalad (Fig. 10). Body dark brown to black, without yellow areas; hemelytron off-white; legs black or yellow. Body length 2.4–3.0mm.............. Phorticus velutinus Puton
-. Pronotum shiny (Fig. 46–49). Connexivum not delimited from sternites by row of small oblique ribs. Genitalia at tip of abdomen (Figs. 11–12). Channel of metathoracic scent gland curved, with apical part directed cephalad or medio-cephalad (Figs. 6–9). Body light brown with yellow areas; hemelytron reddish; legs yellow. Body length 3.6–5.2mm................... 3
3. Fore and mid femur with submedial projection and rows of black spinules. Channel of metathoracic scent gland directed medio-cephalad (Fig. 9). Body black-brown with yellow areas. Body length 3.3–5.0mm... Alloeorhynchus flavipes (Fieber)
-. Only fore femur with projection (absent in Prostemma (Prostemma) sanguineum) and rows of black spinules. Channel of metathoracic scent gland directed cephalad (Figs. 6, 7, 8, 10). Body black and red.................................. 4
4. Dorsal part of middle and hind femora black or dark brown. Pronotum never with red sheen. Body length 7.9–10.3 mm (Fig. 49)................................................................. Prostemma (Prostemma) aeneicolle Stein
-. Femora entirely red. Pronotum sometimes with red sheen...................................................... 5
5. Pronotum and scutellum entirely black (Figs. 46–47). In brachypterous individuals, hemelytron truncate distally and membrane vestigial in the form of narrow stripe. Body length 7.2–10.1mm. Parameres and phallus as in Figs. 15, 31 ............................................................................. Prostemma (Prostemma) guttula (Fabricius)
-. Pronotum and scutellum red (Fig. 48). In brachypterous individuals, hemelytron rounded distally and membrane larger. Body
length 5.2–7.5mm. Parameres and phallus as in Figs. 16, 32 ................ Prostemma (Prostemma) sanguineum (Rossi) 6. Connexivum not delimited from sternites. Posterior corner of pronotum obliquely truncate. Body yellowish or grayish. Head and scutellum with one longitudinal black stripe; anterior lobe of pronotum with three such stripes; posterior part of fore femur and apex of hind femur brown or black (Figs. 53–54). Paramere as in Fig. 17, vagina as in Fig. 44. Body length 7.2– 9mm ............................................................................ Himacerus (Anaptus) major (Costa)
-. Connexivum delimited from sternites by distinct furrow or slit. Posterior corner of pronotum not truncate. Body coloration variable. Stripes on head, pronotum and scutellum present or absent. Posterior part of fore femur and usually also apex of hind femur yellow. Paramere and vagina different................................................................ 7
7. Body green, sometimes with reddish or brownish pattern....................................................... 8
-. Body yellowish or grayish, usually with brown median stripe on head, pronotum and scutellum........................ 9
8. Fore femur and mid femur ventrally with several yellowish or brown bristles situated on brown tubercles (Fig. 4). Rostrum not extended beyond fore coxa. Paramere with keel (extension of posterior margin of hypophysis) reaching middle of paramere (Fig. 21). Subbasal hook of phallus claw-like (Fig. 30). Vagina constricted in basal third, with very large parietal glands (Fig. 40). Body length 6.2–7.5mm.................................................... Nabis (Aspilaspis) indicus (Stål)
-. Fore femur and mid femur with pale, hair-like bristles, or bristles brown and spine-like only on mid-femur, rarely one or two dark bristles on fore femur without brown tubercles at bases. Rostrum extended beyond fore coxa. Keel on paramere shorter, not reaching middle of paramere (Figs. 22–23). Subbasal hook of phallus not claw-like (Fig. 29). Vagina not constricted, with small parietal glands (Fig. 39). Body length 6–7.2mm............................. Nabis (Aspilaspis) viridulus Spinola
9. Body elongate oval, 3.2–3.5 times as long as pronotum width (Fig. 51). Connexivum with brown spots. Paramere markedly elongate (Fig. 24). Vagina as in Fig. 45. Body length 6.5– 8mm ..................... Nabis (Halonabis) sareptanus Dohrn
-. Body more slender, 4–7 times as long as pronotum width (Fig. 50). Connexivum without brown spots. Paramere wider (Fig. 18)................................................................................................ 10
10. Delicate species with long legs and antennae; hemelytron, and usually also apex of corium, extended far beyond apex of abdomen (Fig. 50). Paramere with distal 2/3 of disc triangular, and recurrent plate not strongly bent (Figs. 18–19). Phallus with two hooks pointing in opposite directions (Figs. 33, 37). Vagina strongly asymmetrical, with round sac-like projection covering base of common oviduct dorsally (Fig. 41). Body length 7–9mm ............... Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis Germar
-. Stouter species with shorter legs and antennae; hemelytron not extended beyond apex of abdomen; apex of corium not extending to apex of abdomen. Paramere with distal 2/3 of disc more or less rounded, not triangular, and recurrent plate variable (Figs. 20, 25–26). Phallus with one or two hooks, if two, then facing same direction (Figs. 34, 38). Vagina more or less symmetrical, without sac-like projection (Figs. 42–43).......................................................... 11
11. Corium always with small brownish spots at bases of hairs. Recurrent plate of paramere not curved (Fig. 20). In Israeli subspecies, phallus with two hooks (Figs. 34, 38), vagina with two parietal glands and straight base (Fig. 42). Body length 6.3–8.5mm............................................................... Nabis (Nabis) pseudoferus orientarius Remane
-. Corium often without brownish spots at bases of hairs. Recurrent plate of paramere strongly curved (Figs. 25–26). Phallus with one hook (Fig. 36), vagina with one parietal gland and asymmetrical sac-like projection at base (Fig. 43). Body length 7–8.5mm................................................................ Nabis (Nabis) palifer Seidenstücker
description: Published as part of Novoselsky, T., Freidberg, A., Dorchin, N., Meltzer, N. & Kerzhner, I., 2014, The Nabidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Israel and the Sinai Peninsula, pp. 471-492 in Zootaxa 3827 (4) on pages 472-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/224383