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Nabidae
| Description | 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. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Nabidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Nabidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (20%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 166 - 157 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. E. Shcherbakov. 2007. Mesozoic Velocipedinae (Nabidae s. l.) and Ceresopseidae (Reduvioidea), with notes on the phylogeny of Cimicomorpha (Heteroptera). Russian Entomological Journal 16:401-414 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Damsel Bugs, Fältrovskinnbaggar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Alloeorhynchus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alloeorrhynchus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anaptus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Arachnocoris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Arbela genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Carthasis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gorpis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Himacerus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hoplistoscelis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Karanabis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Lasiomerus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metatropiphorus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nabicula genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nabis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Omanonabis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pagasa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phorticus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Praecarthasis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Prostemma genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 12.7 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Reduviolus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhamphocoris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sinanabis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Stenonabis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1853 | Nabidae Costa |
| 2007 | Nabidae Shcherbakov p. 404 |
| 2016 | Nabidae Tang et al. p. 703 |
| 2018 | Nabidae Szwedo p. 112 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
