Prostemma (Prostemma) sanguineum (Rossi, 1790)

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 : 476

Prostemma (Prostemma) sanguineum (Rossi, 1790)

( Figs. 7 , 16 , 32 , 48, 65 )

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) .

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 10. Channel of scent gland. 5. Prostemma (Prostemma) guttula asiaticum, lateral view. Circle indicating channel of scent gland. 6 – 10. Metathorax, with channel of scent gland, ventrolateral view. 6. Prostemma (Prostemma) guttula asiaticum. 7. Prostemma (Prostemma) sanguineum. 8. Prostemma (Prostemma) aeneicolle. 9. Alloeorhynchus flavipes. 10. Phorticus velutinus.

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 31 – 34. Endosoma of phallus. 31. Prostemma (Prostemma) guttula asiaticum. 32. Prostemma (Prostemma) sanguineum. 33. Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis. 34. Nabis (Nabis) pseudoferus orientarius.

FIGURES 63 – 66. Distribution of Prostemmatinae spp. in Israel (gray areas). 63. Prostemma (Prostemma) guttula asiaticum. 64. Prostemma (Prostemma) aeneicolle. 65. Prostemma (Prostemma) sanguineum.