Nabidae

Damsel bugs of the genus Nabis are the most common. They and other genera are most numerous in fields of legumes such as alfalfa, but they can be found in many other crops and in non-cultivated areas. They are yellow to tan in color and have large, bulbous eyes and stiltlike legs. They are generalist predators, catching almost any insect smaller than themselves, and cannibalizing each other when no other food is available. Several species have bitten humans. Members of the subfamily Prostemmatinae reproduce by traumatic insemination.

Genera

These 23 genera belong to the family Nabidae:

• Alloeorhynchus Fieber, 1860 ^{i c g b}
• Alloeorrhynchus ^{c g}
• Anaptus Kerzhner, 1968 ^{i c g}
• Arachnocoris Scott, 1881 ^g
• Arbela Stål, 1865 ^g
• Carthasis Champion, 1900 ^{i c g b}
• Gorpis Stål, 1859 ^g
• Himacerus Wolff, 1811 ^{i c g b}
• Hoplistoscelis Reuter, 1890 ^{i c g b}
• Karanabis Bekker-Migdisova, 1963 ^g
• Lasiomerus Reuter, 1890 ^{i c g b}
• Metatropiphorus Reuter, 1872 ^{i c g b}
• Nabicula Kirby, 1837 ^{i c g}
• Nabis Latreille, 1802 ^{i c g b}
• Omanonabis Asquith and Lattin, 1991 ^{i c g}
• Pagasa Stål, 1862 ^{i c g b}
• Phorticus Stål, 1860 ^{i c g b}
• Praecarthasis Kerzhner, 1986 ^g
• Prostemma Laporte, 1832 ^g
• Reduviolus Kirby, 1837 ^g
• Rhamphocoris Kirkaldy, 1901 ^g
• Stalia
• Stenonabis Reuter, 1890 ^g

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net