Family: Nabidae

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Medium-sized (4-11 mm) predatory bugs that feed on small insects, other small arthropods, and insect eggs. About seven genera and 20 species have been recorded from southern Africa.

Publications

• Jacobs, D.H. 1985. Heteroptera. In: Insects of Southern Africa (Eds C.H. Scholtz & E. Holm). Butterworths, Durban, p. 117-152.