Nabidae of the West Indies (Heteroptera)

Previous papers on the Nabidae of the West Indies contain many misidentifi cations, and reviews are absent. I give here a critical review of species known to occur in the West Indies. This review started as a paper on the Nabidae collected by the late R.H. Cobben in the Netherlands Antilles in 1956-1957. It was sent to the editors of the “Studies on the fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean islands”, but has not been published for many years. I completed it now with new references and new examined material, except for some specimens, mainly of lesser interest, examined by me in the 1990s during my visits to the two main museums of the USA, of which I did not make detailed notes. Two papers possibly containing additional information (Gowdey, 19261928; Miskimen & Bond, 1970) have not been examined by me. The following abbreviations are used for depositories of the material (curators are given in parentheses): AMNH, American Museum of Natural History, New York (the late P. Wygodzinsky; R.T. Schuh); AUWN, Laboratory of Entomology, Agricultural University at Wageningen (the late R.H. Cobben); BMNH, Natural History Museum, London (W.R. Dolling); JMC, collection of the late J. Maldonado Capriles, will be deposited at USNM; MNHH, National Museum of Natural History, Havana (P. Alayo D.); USNM, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. (Th.J. Henry); ZISP, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg; ZMAN, Zoological Museum, Amsterdam; ZMHB, Zoologisches Museum, Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin (U. Gollner-Scheiding).