A new subgenus of Nabis Latreille (Heteroptera: Nabidae) from South America and a key to the subgenera worldwide, with notes about comparative morphology of the genitalia
Abstract:A revision of the Nabis punctipennis complex is here provided. Nabis (Austronabis) subgen. nov. (type species: N. (A.) punctipennis Blanchard) from South America is described based on male and female genitalia. This new subgenus is compared with all the other Nabis subgenera in the world and a key for 13 Nabis subgenera is provided. Nabis (A.) subgen. nov. is composed of: N. (A.) argentinus Meyer-Dür, N. (A.) faminei Stål, N. (A.) paranensis Harris and N. (A.) punctipennis. Redescriptions of each species are g… Show more
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