NABIDAE
(damsel bugs)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Himacerus a genus of damsel bugs	Genus	2 subtaxa	36 images
Nabis a genus of damsel bugs	Genus	5 subtaxa	25 images	3 ident. refs
Prostemma guttula a damsel bug	Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	NABIDAE (damsel bugs)
Superfamily	CIMICOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
Infraorder	Cimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
Suborder	HETEROPTERA (true bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NABIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Pericart, J.	1987	Hémiptères Nabidae	Faune de France, Faune No 71, 185pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

NABIDAE (damsel bugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Cimicomorpha
(an infraorder of bugs)

HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NABIDAE (damsel bugs)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for NABIDAE (damsel bugs)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

NABIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)