The Nabidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Israel and the Sinai Peninsula
Novoselsky, T.
Freidberg, A.
Dorchin, N.
Meltzer, N.
Kerzhner, I.
Zootaxa
2014
3827
4
471
492
Rossi, 1790
Rossi
1790
[151,775,584,610]
Insecta
Nabidae
Prostemma
GBIF
Animalia
Hemiptera
5
476
Arthropoda
species
sanguineum
Prostemma
Material examined. ISRAEL: Haifa, 2.xii.1947, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀); Giv'at Koah, 23.iii.1982, Y. Zvik (1♀); Ganne Yehuda [Ganey Yehuda], 7.ii.1982, Y. Zvik ( 1♂), 11.iii.1983, Y. Zvik (1♀); Alon shevut [Alon-Shvut], 12.xi.1981, Y. Zvik ( 1♂); Yerushalayim [Jerusalem], 26.xii.1949, J. Wahrman ( 1♂).
Distribution.Palaearctic. Central and southern Europe, Mediterranean basin, Central Asia. General distribution in Israel: Fig. 65. Previous records. Reuter and Poppius, 1909: 22 (Jerusalem); Bodenheimer, 1937: 205 (“ Palestine”).
Biology.This species lives under plants and stones in dry areas, and preys on adults and larvae of other bugs, especially Lygaeidae ( Kerzhner, 1981).