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Nabis
Nabis (Greek: Νάβις) was ruler of Sparta from 207 BC to 192 BC, during the years of the First and Second Macedonian Wars and the eponymous "War against Nabis", i.e. against him. After taking the throne by executing two claimants, he began rebuilding Sparta's power. During the Second Macedonian War, he sided with King Philip V of Macedon and in return he received the city of Argos. However, when the war began to turn against the...
25 branches of this group, most-observed first
Nabis roseipennis
speciesNabis roseipennis
Short-winged Nabis
speciesNabis rufusculus
Nabis brevis
speciesNabis brevis
Common Damsel Bug
speciesNabis rugosus
Nabis ferus
speciesNabis ferus
Nabis pseudoferus
speciesNabis pseudoferus
Nabis stenoferus
speciesNabis stenoferus
heath damsel bug
speciesNabis ericetorum
Nabis punctatus
speciesNabis punctatus
Nabis sinoferus
speciesNabis sinoferus
Nabis reuterianus
speciesNabis reuterianus
Nabis meridionalis
speciesNabis meridionalis
Nabis mediterraneus
speciesNabis mediterraneus
Nabis provencalis
speciesNabis provencalis
Nabis palifer
speciesNabis palifer
Nabis cinerascens
speciesNabis cinerascens
Nabis consobrinus
speciesNabis consobrinus
Nabis hispanicus
speciesNabis hispanicus
Nabis intermedius
speciesNabis intermedius
Nabis mexicanus
speciesNabis mexicanus
Nabis persimilis
speciesNabis persimilis
Nabis remanei
speciesNabis remanei
Nabis riegeri
speciesNabis riegeri
Nabis wudingensis
speciesNabis wudingensis
Nabis edax
speciesNabis edax
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.425
Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales
Cristóvão da Costa · 1578 · p.390
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.109
Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao (Vol. 1)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.25
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.107
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.108
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.116
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.117
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.69
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1101
Herbarius
1485 · p.108
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.105
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Nabis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 518460.