Nabis (Halonabis) sareptanus Dohrn, 1862

Ghahari, Hassan, Linnavuori, Rauno E., Moulet, Pierre & Ostovan, Hadi, 2010, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Nabidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 33-44 : 37

Nabis (Halonabis) sareptanus Dohrn, 1862

Distribution in Iran. Bushehr ( KERZHNER 1987), East Azerbaijan ( KERZHNER 1987), Fars ( KERZHNER 1987), Golestan ( KERZHNER 1987), Hormozgan ( KERZHNER 1987, LINNAVUORI 2004), Kerman ( SEIDENSTÜCKER 1958, KERZHNER 1987), Khorasan ( KERZHNER 1987, LINNAVUORI & MODARRES AWAL 1998), Khuzestan ( SEIDENSTÜCKER 1958, KERZHNER 1987), Mazandaran ( HEISS 2002), Sistan va Baluchestan ( HOBERLANDT 1955, 1959; KERZHNER 1987). Specimen from Tehran: Varamin mentioned by HOBERLANDT (1959) belongs to Nabis punctatus punctatus (see KERZHNER 1987).

General distribution. Irano-Turanian, extending from the Balkan Peninsula to Central Asia, China and Pakistan ( KERZHNER 1996, REN 1998).

Comments. On and under halophytes such as Suaeda , Salicornia , Atriplex and Artemisia in salt marshes, deserts and semideserts ( LINNAVUORI & MODARRES AWAL 1998, LINNAVUORI & HOSSEINI 2000, HEISS 2002, LINNAVUORI 2004).