''Prostemma''
[Laporte (1832) ''Essai Class. syst. Hémipt.'' (Sheet 1): 6, 12 (Mag. Zool., 2, Suppl.)] is a genus of
bugs in 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
Prostemmatinae and
tribe
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Prostemmatini.
Species
The following species are included:
* ''
Prostemma aeneicolle''
Stein, 1857
* ''
Prostemma albimacula''
Stein, 1857
* ''
Prostemma antipodes''
Kerzhner, 1990
* ''
Prostemma australicum''
Kerzhner & Strommer, 1990
* ''
Prostemma bicolor''
Rambur, 1839
* ''
Prostemma carduelis''
Dohrn, 1858
* ''
Prostemma concinnum''
Walker, 1873
* ''
Prostemma fasciatum''
(Stal, 1873)
* ''
Prostemma guttula''
(Fabricius, 1787)
* ''
Prostemma hilgendorfii''
Stein, 1878
* ''
Prostemma kiborti''
Jakovlev, 1889
* ''
Prostemma oeningensis''
Heer, 1853
* ''
Prostemma reuteri''
Kerzhner, 1990
* ''
Prostemma sanguineum''
(Rossi, 1790)
* ''
Prostemma walkeri''
Kerzhner & Strommer, 1990
Note: ''Prostemma pallidiceps''
Stål, 1860 is a synonym of ''
Pagasa
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pallidiceps''
(Stål, 1860)
References
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Heteroptera genera
Nabidae