4-398: Nabinae Prostemmatinae The insect family Nabidae contains the damsel bugs . There are over 500 species in 20 genera. They are soft-bodied, elongate, winged terrestrial predators. Many damsel bugs catch and hold prey with their forelegs, similar to mantids . They are considered helpful species in agriculture because of their predation on many types of crop pests. Damsel bugs of
8-587: Is available. Several species have bitten humans. Members of the subfamily Prostemmatinae reproduce by traumatic insemination . These 23 genera belong to the family Nabidae: Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net Several fossil genera have been attributed to the family, including Karanabis from the Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan, but it has subsequently been assigned to other families. The earliest definitive record of
12-567: The family is Cretanazgul from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar, belonging to the subfamily Prostemmatinae. [REDACTED] Media related to Nabidae at Wikimedia Commons Prostemmatinae Prostemmatinae is a subfamily of damsel bugs in the family Nabidae . In America , there are at least 13 described species in Prostemmatinae. There are two tribes : This article related to members of
16-403: The genus Nabis are the most common. They and other genera are most numerous in fields of legumes such as alfalfa , but they can be found in many other crops and in non-cultivated areas. They are yellow to tan in color and have large, bulbous eyes and stiltlike legs. They are generalist predators, catching almost any insect smaller than themselves, and cannibalizing each other when no other food
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