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).