Canarilabis canariensis Kočárek,, 2025

Bonczek, Vojtěch, Kočárková, Ivona, Jurado-Angulo, Pilar & Kočárek, Petr, 2025, Cryptic diversity in endemic Canarilabis revealed by a multigene phylogeny (Dermaptera: Anisolabididae), Contributions to Zoology 94 (2), pp. 180-206 : 188-190

Canarilabis canariensis Kočárek,

Bonczek & Kočárková, sp. nov.

LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C7CD744A-D3C7-47D0-BD66-967C368BEF5F

Figs. 1A (clade 2, lineages “A”), 2, 4A–E, 5A, E

Type locality. Spain: Canary Isl. , Gran Canaria, Cruz de Tejeda env., 27 °58′54″N, 15 °34′53″W, 1705 m a.s.l.

Material examined. Holotype: male, “ Spain: Canary Isl., Gran Canaria, Cruz de Tejeda env., 27 °58′54″N, 15 °34′53″W, 1705 m a.s.l., under stones, 13.iv.2017, P. Kočárek & I. Horká leg.“ ( NMPC). Paratypes: 1 male, 5 females: “ Canary Islands: Gran Canaria, Cruz de la Tejeda env., 4.12.2008, V.Š ilha lgt. ( NMPC, UNOV); 1 male: “SP-Gran Canaria isl., Sezadero de Cruz Grande, 17.1.2001, lgt. F. Pavel ( UNOV); 1 female: “ Canary Islands: Gran Canaria, Presa los Niñas, 25.2.2009, V.Šilha lgt. ( UNOV).

Diagnosis. Similar to the rest of the species of Canarilabis in terms of external morphology, males can be identified by the unique combination of the following characters: tegmina absent; lateral glandular folds not developed or developed only on tergite 4 but slightly visible; tergites 6–9 rugoso-striate at the sides; penultimate sternite with posterior margin narrow, truncate, truncate part as wide as 1/4 of the maximal width of the sternite, with a manubrium approximately 1.5 times longer than the penultimate sternite; and the outer margin of the paramere with a broadly rounded bulging protuberance. The females are indistinguishable.

Description. Male. Body blackish brown, shiny; antennae unicolour, reddish brown; distal half of the labrum yellow; legs unicolour, ochraceous, forceps reddish brown with lateral and dorsal edges black. Cuticle punctured, shiny; tegmina and wings absent. The total body length without forceps: males: 22.6–25.4 mm, holotype 25.4 mm; females: 17.8–22.1 mm. Length of forceps: males: 5.8–7.8 mm, holotype 7.8 mm; females: 4.6–6.4 mm.

Head (fig. 2A) as long as wide; post- frontal and coronal sutures fine but distinct; frons convex. Eyes approximately 0.5 times as long as head length behind eyes. Antennae multisegmented and composed of up to 24 pubescent antennomeres, left antenna of holotype 14 antennomeres, right antenna of holotype 28 antennomeres (both incomplete); antennomere 1 (scape) long, narrowed basally, widened terminally, as long as antennomeres 2–4 combined; antennomere 2 (pedicel) transverse, only slightly longer than wide; antennomere 3 cylindrical, 2 times longer than wide; antennomere 4 slightly longer than wide; the rest of antennomeres conical, each subsequent antennomere slightly longer than the previous antennomere.

Pronotum (fig. 2A) smooth, approximately as long as wide,widened posteriorly;

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anterior margin nearly straight, posterior margin rounded and shallowly emarginated in middle, lateral margins concave in middle. Median sulcus fine but distinct. Meso- and metanotum transverse, smooth; mesonotum truncate posteriorly, metanotum broadly emarginated posteriorly; median sulcus visible on both mesonotum and metanotum. Prosternum 1.5 times longer than wide, constricted laterally in posterior third, posterior margin truncate; mesosternum approximately as long as wide, posterior margin broadly rounded; metasternum approximately as long as wide, trigonal, widest at base and tapering to truncate tip. Legs comparatively short; femora stout, covered by sparse long setae; tibiae shorter than femora, with sparse setae, setae longer on outer edge than on inner edge; tarsomeres pubescent laterally and ventrally, smooth dorsally; tarsomere 1 longer than tarsomeres 2–3 combined, tarsomere 2 short, quadratic; claws bent inward, gradually narrowing toward the tip; arolia absent.

Abdomen (fig. 2A) sparsely punctulate, and shiny. Tergites (except for ultimate tergite) convex, and somewhat widened posteriorly; lateral glandular folds developed on tergite 4, but only slightly visible (in holotype), or indistinguishable; tergites 6–9 rugoso-striate at sides. Ultimate tergite transverse; sides convex, narrowed somewhat anteriorly, median part with 8–10 longitudinal, finely dotted stripes; lateral longitudinal ridge rugoso-striate, sinuate, with tuberous projection at the base; posterior margin slightly concave medially. Penultimate sternite narrowed posteriorly, with posterior margin straight, truncate, truncate part as wide as 1/4 of maximal width of sternite (fig. 2E), manubrium approximately 1.5 times longer than penultimate sternite. Pygidium flat, not protruding, trigonal, with oval depression in middle. Forceps symmetrical (figs. 2B, C, 4A–C), or only slightly asymmetrical in distal third; both branches subcontinuous and stout at base, gradually tapering apically, nearly straight in basal two-thirds, and slightly incurved afterward; forceps trigonal in basal half and cylindrical in distal half; inner margin crenulated, teeth irregularly spaced, dorsal edge without teeth, elevated in basal one fourth.

Genitalia (figs. 2F, 4D, E) with two penises, deeply excised, V-shaped, with short parameres; parameres 1.5–1.6 times longer than wide, widest in middle, with external projection broadly rounded, external edge trigonal, convex in basal half and concave in apical half, internal edge broadly concave; apical angle convex. Penis 1.7 times longer than the paramere, tip rounded, cuticle finely serrated; virga not observable.

Female. Agrees with male in most characters except for the following: mesonotum broadly concave posteriorly; lateral glandular folds on tergite 4 not developed; tergites 7–9 smooth, not rugoso-striate at sides; ultimate tergite with lateral longitudinal ridge less developed. Penultimate sternite trigonal, narrowed posteriorly, with posterior margin truncate. Forceps (fig. 2D) with simple and straight contiguous branches, weakly regularly concave from base to tip.

Distribution. Canary Islands: Gran Canaria.

Etymology. The specific epithet is the Latinised adjective derived from the name Canaria with the added suffix -ensis, denoting the place of origin.

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