Nabis limbatus

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Nabis limbatus
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Nabis limbatus depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 9)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Nabidae
Genus: Nabis
Species:
N. limbatus
Binomial name
Nabis limbatus
Dahlbom, 1851

Nabis limbatus is a species of damsel bug in the family Nabidae. [1] It is found in Northern Europe and the northern part of Western and Central Europe. It occurs in the East in Eastern Europe and across the Palearctic to Siberia to China and Korea. It is introduced in Canada. In the Alps, it rises to about 1400 meters above sea level. In the South of Europe, it is found only in the central uplands. [2] [3]

Common damsel bug (Nabis limbatus). Photo taken in Lithuania, Rukainiai forest. Nabis limbatus in Lithuania.jpg
Common damsel bug (Nabis limbatus). Photo taken in Lithuania, Rukainiai forest.

Nabis limbatus is found in tall grass and the herbaceous layer in moist to wet, half shady or open habitats. In forests they are found predominantly in glades, the edge of pathways and margins. Sometimes they are found in drier places. It is a predator with a non-specific range of prey and hunts on the ground as well as in the herb layer. Overwintering occurs as the egg. Nymphs are found from mid-May until July, adults from the end of June. Females insert their eggs mainly in August in blades of grass or the stems of herbaceous plants. The micropterous bugs go through four nymphal stages. [4]

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References

  1. "Nabis limbatus". ZipCode Zoo.
  2. Fauna Europaea as Nabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus Dahlbom, 1851
  3. Kerzhner, I.M. 1996. Family Joppeicidae: 2; Family Nabidae: 84-107; Family Polyctenidae: 145-147.In: Aukema, B. & Rieger, Ch. (Eds.) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, 2. Amsterdam : The Netherlands Entomological Society(Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging) 1995-2006 ISBN   9071912280
  4. Ekkehard Wachmann, Albert Melber, Jürgen Deckert: Wanzen. Band 1: Cimicomorpha: Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Cimicomorpha (Teil 1) (= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 77. Teil). Goecke & Evers, Keltern 2006, ISBN   3-931374-49-1, S. 175ff.