Oncocephalus squalidus (Rossi, 1790)

Heyden, Torsten van der, 2023, New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), V, Arquivos Entomolóxicos 26, pp. 213-214 : 213

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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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Fig. 1.- Adult specimen of Oncocephalus squalidus (Rossi, 1790), Costa Teguise, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. (Photo: Ángel Quirós).