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ARQUIVOS ENTOMOLÓXICOS, 28: 119-122
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NOTA / NOTE
New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain),
XI
Torsten van der Heyden
Immenweide 83. 22523 Hamburg (GERMANY). e-mail: tmvdh@web.de
Abstract: The first record of Amphiareus constrictus (Stål, 1860) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) on the island of
Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) is reported. This is the first record of the species in the Canary archipelago.
Furthermore, the first records of Fulvius borgesi Chérot, J. Ribes & Gorczyca, 2006 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae)
on the island of Tenerife and the first record of Plinachtus imitator (Reuter, 1891) (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae:
Gonocerini) on the island of Lanzarote are reported. Additional information on the distribution of the three species is
summarised.
Key words: Heteroptera, Anthocoridae, Coreidae, Miridae, Amphiareus constrictus, Fulvius borgesi, Plinachtus imitator,
new records, distribution, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Resumen: Nuevas citas de Heteroptera de las Islas Canarias (España), XI. Se presenta la primera cita de
Amphiareus constrictus (Stål, 1860) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) en la isla de Tenerife (Islas Canarias, España). Ésta es
la primera cita de la especie en el archipiélago canario. Además, se presentan las primeras citas de Fulvius borgesi
Chérot, J. Ribes & Gorczyca, 2006 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) en la isla de Tenerife y la primera cita de
Plinachtus imitator (Reuter, 1891) (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Gonocerini) en la isla de Lanzarote. Se resume
información adicional sobre la distribución de las tres especies.
Palabras clave: Heteroptera, Anthocoridae, Coreidae, Miridae, Amphiareus constrictus, Fulvius borgesi, Plinachtus
imitator, nuevas citas, distribución, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Islas Canarias, España.
Recibido: 27 de enero de 2024 Publicado on-line: 29 de febrero de 2024
Aceptado: 19 de febrero de 2024
Amphiareus constrictus (Stål, 1860) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) is a cosmopolitan species and is
distributed in the Americas, North and tropical Africa, Turkey, the Eastern Palaearctic, Australia and
Oceania. Concerning the Canary Islands (Spain), the most proximate records of the species are from
the island of Madeira (Portugal) and from Morocco (PÉRICART, 1996; AUKEMA & HERMES, 2009;
ÇERÇİ & KOÇAK, 2017). A. constrictus was introduced to the Netherlands (AUKEMA & HERMES, 2009).
Now, A. constrictus can be reported from the Canary Islands, too: On 26-01-2024, an adult
specimen (Fig. 1) was found in El Jardín, located near Los Realejos, at the northern coast of the island
of Tenerife. A photograph of the specimen was uploaded to the online database iNaturalist (see here).
Fulvius borgesi Chérot, J. Ribes & Gorczyca, 2006 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) was described
based on specimens found on the island of Terceira (Azores Islands, Portugal) (CHÉROT et al., 2006).
Later on, the species was reported for Gipuzkoa (northern Iberian Peninsula, Spain) (CHÉROT &
PAGOLA-CARTE, 2012) and for the island of La Palma (Canary Islands) (ROCA-CUSACHS et al., 2016,
2020).
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Fulvius borgesi is present on the island of Tenerife, too: On 24-01-2024, two specimens were
observed in a private garden in El Jardín (Ben Jobson, pers. comm.). On 26-01-2024, an adult specimen
of F. borgesi (Fig. 2) was found at the same location. Photographs of two adult specimens of F. borgesi
were uploaded to the online database iNaturalist (see here and here).
So far, Plinachtus imitator (Reuter, 1891) (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Gonocerini) has been
reported for the Canary islands of El Hierro, La Palma, Tenerife and Gran Canaria (VÁZQUEZ, 1986;
HEISS & BÁEZ, 1990; AUKEMA et al., 2006, 2013; SUÁREZ et al., 2017; ROCA-CUSACHS et al., 2020).
Now, the island of Lanzarote can be added to the list of the distribution of P. imitator in the
Canary archipelago: On 01-01-2024, an adult specimen (Fig. 3) was found near La Hoya, in the
southwestern part of the island. Two photographs of the specimen were uploaded to the online database
iNaturalist (see here).
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Ben Jobson and Bettina Köhne for allowing me to use their photos to illustrate this
note. Special thanks to Barış Çerçi for the identification of the specimen of A. constrictus reported
herein and to Barış Çerçi and Konstantin Grebennikov for confirming the identification of two specimens
of F. borgesi mentioned above.
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Fig. 1.- Specimen of Amphiareus constrictus (Stål, 1860), El Jardín, near Los Realejos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. (Photo:
Ben Jobson).
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Fig. 3.- Specimen of Plinachtus imitator (Reuter,
1891), near La Hoya, Lanzarote, Canary Islands,
Spain. (Photo: Bettina Köhne).
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Fig. 2.- Specimen of Fulvius borgesi Chérot, J. Ribes & Gorczyca, 2006, El Jardín, near Los Realejos, Tenerife, Canary
Islands, Spain. (Photo: Ben Jobson).