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

www.aegaweb.com/arquivos_entomoloxicos ISSN: 1989-6581 van der Heyden & Plünnecke (2025) ARQUIVOS ENTOMOLÓXICOS, 32: 421-422 421 New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), XXI Torsten van der Heyden 1 & Luis Plünnecke 2 1 Immenweide 83. 22523 Hamburg (GERMANY). e-mail: [email protected] 2 Hannoversche Straße 152. 37077 Göttingen (GERMANY). e-mail: [email protected] Abstract: The first record of Auchenocrepis alboscutellata Puton, 1874 (Heteroptera: Miridae) on the island of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) is reported. This is the first record of the species in the archipelago. Furthermore, its known distribution and the presence of the genus Auchenocrepis Fieber, 1858 in the Canary Islands are summarised. Key words: Heteroptera, Miridae, Auchenocrepis, Auchenocrepis alboscutellata, first record, Tamarix canariensis, host plant, distribution, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Resumen: Nuevas citas de Heteroptera de las Islas Canarias (España), XXI. Se presenta la primera cita de Auchenocrepis alboscutellata Puton, 1874 (Heteroptera: Miridae) en la isla de Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias, España). Ésta es la primera cita de la especie en el archipiélago. Además, se resumen su distribución conocida y la presencia del género Auchenocrepis Fieber, 1858 en las Islas Canarias. Palabras clave: Heteroptera, Miridae, Auchenocrepis, Auchenocrepis alboscutellata, primera cita, Tamarix canariensis, planta huésped, distribución, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias, España. Recibido: 11 de junio de 2025 Publicado on-line: 19 de junio de 2025 Aceptado: 14 de junio de 2025 1 Auchenocrepis alboscutellata Puton, 1874 (Heteroptera: Miridae) is an Eremian species and widely distributed in North Africa, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan and Tropical Africa (CARAPEZZA et al., 2024). Furthermore, A. alboscutellata was found on the Italian island of Pantelleria (CARAPEZZA, 1995). The species is monophagous and associated with Tamarix sp. (Tamaricaceae) (ELLIS, 2022; CARAPEZZA et al., 2024). Recently, A. alboscutellata was observed for the first time in the Canary Islands (Spain): On 0806-2025, the second author found an adult specimen (Fig. 1) and several nymphs in the Barranco de La Pared near the village of La Pared, located at the western coast of the island of Fuerteventura (coordinates: 28.2169841106, -14.2202984406, accuracy: 81 m). The specimens were found on their host plant Tamarix canariensis Willd. (see here). Three photographs of the adult specimen were uploaded to the online database iNaturalist (see here). Based on a photograph and after comparing it with specimens in his collection, the adult specimen of A. alboscutellata reported herein was determined by Paride Dioli (pers. comm.). Apart from A. alboscutellata, two endemic species of the genus Auchenocrepis Fieber, 1858 have been reported from the Canary Islands, so far: Auchenocrepis nigricornis Wagner, 1954 from the island of Gran Canaria and Auchenocrepis similis Wagner, 1954 from the island of Fuerteventura (AUKEMA et al., 2006, 2013; RIEGER, 2020; ROCA-CUSACHS et al., 2020). According to Paride Dioli (pers. comm.), the systematic position of A. similis “is rather doubtful and, in any case, should be verified by looking at the shape of the genitalia (paramera) in E. Wagner’s collection in Hamburg”. van der Heyden & Plünnecke (2025): New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), XXI 422 Acknowledgements We would like to thank Paride Dioli for the determination of the reported adult specimen of A. alboscutellata and for additional information. References AUKEMA, B., DUFFELS, J.P. & BÁEZ, M. 2006. A Checklist of the Heteroptera of the Canary Islands (Insecta). Denisia, 19: 755-774. 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An addition to the fauna of true bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands). Heteropterus Revista de Entomología, 20(2): 193-205. ROCA-CUSACHS, M., SUÁREZ, D., OSORIO, V., GARCÍA-BECERRA, R., GARCÍA-PÉREZ, J., HERNÁNDEZTEIXIDOR, D., PÉREZ-DELGADO, A.J., PÉREZ-VALCÁRCEL, J., PARÍS, M., OROMÍ, P. & GOULA, M. 2020. Updated check-list and geographic database of new chorological data of true bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from the Canary Islands. Arquivos Entomolóxicos, 22: 169-218. Fig. 1.– Adult specimen of Auchenocrepis alboscutellata Puton, 1874, near La Pared, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. (Photo: Luis Plünnecke). 1 1