Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis Germar 1838
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
Nabis
Nabis capsiformis

description: Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis Germar, 1838
(Figs. 18, 19, 33, 37, 41, 50, 70)
Material examined. ISRAEL: Har Hermon, 1900m, 1.v.1986, A. Freidberg (1♀); Zomet Nappah [Golan, Nafech], 20.xii.1973, A. Freidberg (1♂); Har Meron, 1100m, 10.vi.1987, A. Shlagman (1♀); Nahal ‘Ammud, 4.iv.1984, I. Yarom (1♀); Park haYarden, 8.v.1997, L. Friedman (1♂); Carmel, 27.v.1974, A. Freidberg (1♀); Nahal Oren, 30.v.1998, A. Freidberg (1♀); Sede Eliyyahu, 17.vii.1986, I. Susman (1♀); Ma'agan Mikha'èl, 27.iv.1999, N. Meltzer & V. Kravchenko (from Tamarix tetragyna) (1♂); Park Caesarea, 25.xi.1999, N. Meltzer & V. Kravchenko (from Tamarix nilotica) (1♂); ‘En Shemer, 17.ii.1973, D. Furth (1♀); Sedot Yam, 17.v.1998,, T. Orion (1♀); Bet Yizhaq [Beit Yitzhak], 25.iii.1977, D. Gerling (1♀); Herzliyya, 2.vi.1986, A. Freidberg (1♂), 20.vi.1998 (1♂); Ramat haShavim, 29.viii.1983, I. Yarom (1♀); Kefar Saba, 20.ix.1945, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀); Hod haSharon [Hadar Ramatayim], 7.xii.1994, A. Freidberg (1♀); Rosh ha'Ayin, 5.x.1973, D. Furth (1♀); Tel Aviv, Kefar haYaroq, 3.viii.1967, D. Simon (1♀, 1♂); Tel-Aviv, 29.v.1978, M. Kaplan (1♀), 24.v.1994, A. Freidberg (1♀), 15.v.1998, T. Orion (1♀); Giv’at Brenner, 26.iii.1973, M. Kaplan (1♂); Eshta`ol, 31.v.1990, Y. Zvik (1♀); Yesodot, 18.vi.1987, Y. Zvik, (9♂, 7♀); Ashdod, 1.i.1975 (2♂); Ashqelon, 26.v.1961, J. Leston (1♂); Yeriho [Jericho], 1.iii.1976, A. Freidberg (1♀); Mizpe Shalem, 9.iv.1986, G. Eldar (1♀); ‘En Gedi, 30.iv.1973, D. Furth (1♂), 22.iii.1978, D. Furth (1♂); ‘Ein-el-Turaba, 27 km S ‘En Gedi, 20.v.1974, A. Freidberg (1♂); Mezada [Massada], 15.ii.1974, D. Furth (1♀); Zomet Zohar, 24.xi.1998, A. Freidberg (1♀); ‘En Admon, 11.iv.1994, A. Freidberg & F.
Kaplan (1♀; fifth instar); Ne’ot HaKikkar, 15.ix.1965, Y. Margalit (light trap) (1♀); Gevulot, 31.xii.1983, E. Shney-Dor (1♀), 22.ii.1984, E. Shney-Dor (2♀); Nahal haBesor [Nahal Habsor], 16.ix.1985, E. Shney-Dor (1♂); Shivta, 23.vi.1976, A. Freidberg (2♂); Be`er Mash`abim [Asluj], 3.vi.1945, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀); Park Golda, nr. Revivim, 26.xi.1999, A. Freidberg (1♂); Hazeva, 3.iii.1971, J. Kugler (1♂), 15.ii.1974, D. Furth (1♂); Yotvata dunes, 5.iv.1997, A. Freidberg (3♀); Timna, 3.iv.1997, Y. Malihi (1♂); Nahal Peres, 1.iv.1998, A. Freidberg, light trap (1♂); Elot, 22.ii.1970, B. Shalmon (3♂, 4♀).
EGYPT: Sinai, Tafrat-el-Kadarin, 9.iv.1973, A. Freidberg (1♀); Sinai, Wadi Hibran, 11.iv.1973, A. Freidberg (1♀); Sinai, El-Arbain, 14.v.1974, M. Kaplan (1♂); Sinai, Wadi Tlach, 15.vii.1974, A. Freidberg (1♂); Sinai, Wadi Geragenia, 2000 m, 16.vii.1974, A. Freidberg (1♀); Sinai, Taba, 1.v.1996, A. Freidberg (1♂); Sinai, Wadi Ahmar 2000–2300m, 25.iv.1998, A. Freidberg & F. Kaplan (1♀); Sinai, Wadi Tinia 1800–2000m, 26.iv.1998, A. Freidberg & F. Kaplan (1♀); Sinai, St. Katarina 40 km. NE, 27.iv.1998, A. Freidberg & F. Kaplan (1♂).
Distribution. Tropical and subtropical regions of nearly the entire world. General distribution in Israel: Fig. 70.
Previous records. Bodenheimer, 1937:205 (“ Palestine ”); Linnavuori, 1961:37 (many localities).
Biology. This species was found in Israel on Tamarix tetragyna and T. nilotica. It was also recorded from fields and on herbs, and was bred for biological pest control (Kerzhner, 1981).
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 487-491, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/224383