Nabis (Halonabis) sareptanus Dohrn, 1862

Novoselsky, T., Freidberg, A., Dorchin, N., Meltzer, N. & Kerzhner, I., 2014, The Nabidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Israel and the Sinai Peninsula, Zootaxa 3827 (4), pp. 471-492 : 481

Nabis (Halonabis) sareptanus Dohrn, 1862

( Figs. 24 , 45 , 51 , 71 )

Material examined. ISRAEL: Tel Diblaka [ Jordan Valley], 1.vi.1986, Y. Zvik (1♀).

Distribution. Palaearctic. Steppes and deserts from the Balkan Peninsula to eastern Siberia, west Mongolia and Pakistan, Jordanian. General distribution in Israel: Fig. 71 .

Previous records. None

Biology. This species is halophilous, apparently nocturnal, and both adults and larvae are found mostly under Chenopodiaceae plants, especially Suaeda , during the day ( Péricart, 1987).

Figures

FIGURES 15 – 26. Right paramere (lines were drawn over some photos for more clarity). 15. Prostemma (Prostemma) guttula asiaticum, lateral view. 16. Prostemma (Prostemma) sanguineum, lateral view. 17. Himacerus (Anaptus) major, lateral view. 18. Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis, lateral view. 19. Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis, ventral view. 20. Nabis (Nabis) pseudoferus orientarius, lateral view. 21. Nabis (Aspilaspis) indicus, lateral view. 22. Nabis (Aspilaspis) viridulus, lateral view. 23. Nabis (Aspilaspis) viridulus, ventral view. 24. Nabis (Halonabis) sareptanus, lateral view. 25. Nabis (Nabis) palifer, lateral view. 26. Nabis (Nabis) palifer, ventral view.

FIGURES 39 – 45. Vagina. 39. Nabis (Aspilaspis) viridulus. 40. Nabis (Aspilaspis) indicus. 41. Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis. 42. Nabis (Nabis) pseudoferus orientarius. 43. Nabis (Nabis) palifer. 44. Himacerus (Anaptus) major. 45. Nabis (Halonabis) sareptanus.

FIGURES 50 – 55. Nabidae species, habitus. 50. Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis, dorsal view. 51. Nabis (Halonabis) sareptanus, dorsal view. 52. Nabis (Nabis) pseudoferus orientarius, dorsal view. 53. Himacerus (Anaptus) major, dorsal view. 54. Himacerus (Anaptus) major, ventrolateral view. 55. Nabis (Nabis) palifer, dorsal view.

FIGURES 67 – 72. Distribution of Nabinae spp. in Israel (gray areas). 66. Himacerus (Anaptus) major. 67. Nabis (Nabis) pseudoferus orientarius. 68. Nabis (Aspilaspis) viridulus. 69. Nabis (Aspilaspis) indicus. 70. Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis. 71. Nabis (Halonabis) sareptanus. 72. Nabis (Nabis) palifer.