Prostemma (Prostemma) aeneicolle Stein, 1857

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 : 473

Prostemma (Prostemma) aeneicolle Stein, 1857

( Figs. 8 , 49, 64 )

Material examined. ISRAEL: [ Palaestina ], no additional data (1♀); Lower Nahal Soreq [Rubin], ii.1921, I. Aharoni [information inferred from his hand-writing in Hebrew] (1♀).

Distribution. Palaearctic. Western and Central Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Anatolia, Balkan Peninsula, Syria, Israel. General distribution in Israel: Fig. 64 .

Previous records. Prostemma (Prostemma) aeneicolle Stein, 1857 was first reported from Israel by Douglas & Scott 1868:29 as Metastemma oeneocolle . Later cited by Frey-Gessner 1881:131, Bodenheimer 1937:205 and Linnavuori 1961:37.

Biology. This species lives under plants and stones in dry places, and preys on Pentatomidae ( Polivanova, 1960) .

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