New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), V

Abstract

The first records of Oncocephalus squalidus (Rossi, 1790) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), Leptodemus minutus (Jakovlev, 1876) (Heteroptera: Oxycarenidae) and Anepsiocoris encaustus (Puton, 1869) (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) on the island of Lanzarote are reported. The known distribution of the three species on the Canary Islands is summarised.

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van der Heyden (2023)
ARQUIVOS ENTOMOLÓXICOS, 26: 213-214
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New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), V
Torsten van der Heyden
Immenweide 83. 22523 Hamburg (GERMANY). e-mail: tmvdh@web.de
Abstract: The first records of Oncocephalus squalidus (Rossi, 1790) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), Leptodemus minutus
(Jakovlev, 1876) (Heteroptera: Oxycarenidae) and Anepsiocoris encaustus (Puton, 1869) (Heteroptera:
Rhyparochromidae) on the island of Lanzarote are reported. The known distribution of the three species on the Canary
Islands is summarised.
Key words: Heteroptera, Anepsiocoris encaustus, Leptodemus minutus, Oncocephalus squalidus, new records,
distribution, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain.
Resumen: Nuevas citas de Heteroptera de las Islas Canarias (España), V. Se presentan las primeras citas de
Oncocephalus squalidus (Rossi, 1790) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), Leptodemus minutus (Jakovlev, 1876) (Heteroptera:
Oxycarenidae) y Anepsiocoris encaustus (Puton, 1869) (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) en la isla de Lanzarote. Se
resume la distribución conocida de las tres especies en las Islas Canarias.
Palabras clave: Heteroptera, Anepsiocoris encaustus, Leptodemus minutus, Oncocephalus squalidus, nuevas citas,
distribución, Lanzarote, Islas Canarias, España.
Recibido: 10 de mayo de 2023 Publicado on-line: 21 de mayo de 2023
Aceptado: 16 de mayo de 2023
In this note, new records of Heteroptera from the island of Lanzarote are reported. They are based on
photographic records uploaded to the online database iNaturalist.
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So far, Oncocephalus squalidus (Rossi, 1790) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) has been reported for the
islands of La Palma and Tenerife (HEISS & BÁEZ, 1990; RIBES & RIBES, 1997; AUKEMA et al., 2006,
2013; ROCA-CUSACHS et al., 2020). Now, the island of Lanzarote can be added to the list of the
distribution of O. squalidus on the Canary Islands: On 20-08-2021, an adult specimen (Fig. 1) was
photographed in the courtyard of a private house in Costa Teguise, located at the eastern coast of the
island (see here). Likely, the specimen was attracted by artificial light.
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Until now, Leptodemus minutus (Jakovlev, 1876) (Heteroptera: Oxycarenidae) has been reported for
the islands of Tenerife and Fuerteventura (HEISS et al., 1996; AUKEMA et al., 2006, 2013; RIEGER,
2020; ROCA-CUSACHS et al., 2020). The species is present on the island of Lanzarote, too: On 12-07-
2022, an adult specimen of L. minutus (Fig. 2) was photographed in the courtyard of a private house in
Costa Teguise (see here).
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AUKEMA et al. (2013) and ROCA-CUSACHS et al. (2020) listed Anepsiocoris encaustus (Puton, 1869)
(Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) as present on the island of Gran Canaria. Additionally, RIEGER (2020)
reported the species as new for the island of Fuerteventura. A. encaustus is present on the island of
Lanzarote, too: On 17-05-2021, an adult specimen was photographed in the courtyard of a private house
in Costa Teguise (see here).

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Acknowledgements
I like to thank Ángel Quirós
for allowing me to use his
photos of L. minutus and O.
squalidus to illustrate this note
and for additional information
about his findings.
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Fig. 1.- Adult specimen of Oncocephalus squalidus
(Rossi, 1790), Costa Teguise, Lanzarote, Canary
Islands, Spain. (Photo: Ángel Quirós).
Fig. 2.- Adult specimen of Leptodemus minutus
(Jakovlev, 1876), Costa Teguise, Lanzarote, Canary
Islands, Spain. (Photo: Ángel Quirós).
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