''Himacerus'' is a genus of damsel bugs belonging to the family
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 ...
, subfamily
Nabinae.
Species
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Himacerus apterus
''Himacerus apterus'', known as the tree damsel bug, is a species of damsel bug belonging to the family Nabidae, subfamily Nabinae.
Description
The species is long for males and for females. It has black connexivum and orange-red spots with ...
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(Fabricius, 1798) - tree damsel bug
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Himacerus boops
'' Himacerus boops '' is a species of damsel bug in the family Nabidae. It is found from South Scandinavia and the South of the British Isles over Western and Central Europe and East across the Palearctic to Siberia and in the Caspian region. T ...
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(Schiødte, 1870)
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Himacerus dauricus
''Himacerus'' is a genus of damsel bugs belonging to the family Nabidae, subfamily Nabinae.
Species
* ''Himacerus apterus
''Himacerus apterus'', known as the tree damsel bug, is a species of damsel bug belonging to the family Nabidae, subfam ...
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(Kiritshenko, 1911)
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Himacerus major
'' Himacerus major '' is a species damsel bug in the family Nabidae. It is found in the Holarctic.The range is from South Scandinavia and the South of the British Isles over West Europe including the Western Mediterranean , Central Europe and ...
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(A. Costa, 1842) - grey damsel bug
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Himacerus mirmicoides
''Himacerus mirmicoides'', common name ant damsel bug, is a species of ''damsel bugs'' belonging to the family Nabidae, subfamily Nabinae.
Etymology
The name “mirmicoides” comes from the similarity of nymphs in the early instars to ants.
D ...
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(O. Costa, 1834) - ant damsel bug
References
''BioLib''''Fauna Europaea''
Nabidae
Cimicomorpha genera
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