Plinachtus imitator (Reuter, 1891)

Heyden, Torsten van der, 2024, New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), XI, Arquivos Entomolóxicos 28, pp. 119-122 : 120

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).

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Fig. 3.- Specimen of Plinachtus imitator (Reuter, 1891), near La Hoya, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. (Photo: Bettina Köhne).