Prostemma (Prostemma) aeneicolle Stein, 1857

(Figs. 8, 49, 64)

Material examined. ISRAEL: [ Palaestina], no additional data (1♀); Lower Nahal Soreq [Rubin], ii.1921, I. Aharoni [information inferred from his hand-writing in Hebrew] (1♀).

Distribution. Palaearctic. Western and Central Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Anatolia, Balkan Peninsula, Syria, Israel. General distribution in Israel: Fig. 64.

Previous records. Prostemma (Prostemma) aeneicolle Stein, 1857 was first reported from Israel by Douglas & Scott 1868:29 as Metastemma oeneocolle . Later cited by Frey-Gessner 1881:131, Bodenheimer 1937:205 and Linnavuori 1961:37.

Biology. This species lives under plants and stones in dry places, and preys on Pentatomidae (Polivanova, 1960) .