Cretanabis KIM & ROCA-CUSACHS & PHAM & JUNG 2023, gen. nov

Genus Cretanabis Kim & Jung gen. nov. Type species. Cretanabis kerzhneri sp. nov., by present designation. Etymology. Name derives from a combination of Cretaceous and ‘ Nabis ’, referring to the nabine group from the Cretaceous; gender masculine. Diagnosis. Differs from the nymphs (III instars) of other nabine genera(e. g., Arachnocoris Scott,1881; Gorpis Stål, 1859; Himacerus s. str. Wolff, 1811; Hoplistoscelis Reuter, 1890; Lasiomerus Reuter, 1890; Nabis s. lat. Latreille, 1802; Stalia Reuter, 1872; Stenonabis Reuter, 1890) by the following combination of characters: body ovoid, armed with long sparse spines; head length less than width, width more than first antennomere length; antennae shorter than body length; first segment significantly thick; tapered to apex; third and fourth antennomeres covered with long setae; pronotum trapezoid, basal width less then basal width of mesothorax; femora and tibiae with long spines; tarsus less than 1/2 length of tibia in midleg; tarsus less than 1/3 length of tibia in hindleg; second tarsomere longest in mid and hind legs. Description. Body ovoid, unicolorous. Surface and vestiture. Body glabrous, armed with long spines; head with spines (Fig. 2A, B); antennae covered with long setae (Fig. 2C); pronotum with spines laterally; legs with spines, tibia with dense spines. Structure. Head: hypognathous, wider than long; vertex narrow, narrower than a single compound eye width; antennae cylindrical, linear, shorter than body length; first antennomere shortest, shorter than head width. Thorax: pronotum trapezoid, anterior width shorter than head width; pronotal midline length as long as 1/2 of basal width, longer than mesothorax midline length; mesothorax basal width more than pronotal basal width; legs generally slender; fore femur slightly incrassate; fore femur as long as fore tibia; femora and tibiae with spines (Fig. 2D, E); tarsus three segmented, tarsus less than 1/2 length of tibia in midleg, tarsus less than 1/3 length of tibia in hindleg; second tarsomere longest. Abdomen: ovoid, abdominal segment VII widest. Genitalia: not visible. Remarks. A structure that morphologically resembles a fossula spongiosa is thinly developed on the apex of fore and middle tibiae. Further detailed examination of this structure is needed using suitable methodology (e. g., micro-CT, laser scanning confocal microscopy).