''Arbela'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of bugs in the
Nabidae
The insecta, insect family (biology), 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, sim ...
family.
There are presently approx. 20 species in this genus, most of them from the Oriental region and 3 species from Africa.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
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*'' Arbela acutistriata'' Mell 1923
*'' Arbela baibarana'' Matsumura 1927
*'' Arbela carayoni'' Kerzhner, 1986 (Africa)
*'' Arbela confusa'' Harris, 1938 (Africa)
*'' Arbela costalis'' Stål, 1873
*'' Arbela elegantula'' Stål 1866 (Africa)
*'' Arbela formosana'' Matsumura 1921
*'' Arbela hibisci'' Esaki & Ishihara 1943
*'' Arbela lemkaminensis'' Kerzhner 1970
*'' Arbela limbata'' Kerzhner 1970
*'' Arbela nitidula'' Stal
*'' Arbela obliquifasciata'' Mell 1923
*'' Arbela peterseni'' Kerzhner 1970
*'' Arbela pulchella'' Hsiao 1981
*'' Arbela sophiae'' Kerzhner 1969
*'' Arbela szechuana'' Hsiao 1964
*'' Arbela tabida'' (Uhler 1896)
*'' Arbela yunnana'' Hsiao
References
* Harris, 1938. The genus Arbela Stal (Hemiptera: Nabidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1:561-584
Nabidae
Cimicomorpha genera
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