Pharoscymnus decemplagiatus ( Wollaston, 1857 )

Romanowski, Jerzy, Ceryngier, Piotr, Zmuda, Christian, Větrovec, Jaroslav & Szawaryn, Karol, 2020, The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from El Hierro, Canary Islands, Bonn zoological Bulletin 69 (2), pp. 249-261 : 258

Pharoscymnus decemplagiatus ( Wollaston, 1857)

Fig. 3D

Material examined. Tamaduste (30.I.2017), 1 ex. (leg. J. Krátký); El Mocanal (9.IV.2019), 4 exx. from Ficus sp. and Hibiscus sp. ; La Caleta (10.IV.2019), 11 exx. from Euphorbia sp. , Ficus sp. and Hibiscus sp. ; La Restinga (8.IV.2019), 1 ex. from Hibiscus sp. ; Las Playas (12. IV.2019), 2 exx. from N. oleander ; Montaña del Lajura (8.IV.2019), 5 exx. from P. canariensis ; Sabinar (8.IV.2019), 5 exx. from Juniperus sp. ; Tamaduste (11. IV.2019), 8 exx. from Yucca sp. ; Tigaday (8.IV.2019), 9 exx. from Juniperus sp. and Ph. Canariensis (leg. J. Romanowski and C. Zmuda).

Distribution. Species reported from all islands of the Canary archipelago ( Oromí et al. 2010; Romanowski et al. 2019) and from Madeira ( Wollaston 1857).

Remarks. One of the specimens of P. decemplagiatus collected in this study has a distinct color form depict- ed in Fig. 3D . It is entirely black, without yellow elytral spots found in typically colored specimens (for comparison see fig. 9B in Romanowski et al. 2019).

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Fig. 3. A–C. Coccinella miranda Wollaston. A. Tegmen, inner. B. Tegmen, lateral. C. Penis, lateral. D. Pharoscymnus decempla- giatus (Wollaston), habitus of untypically colored specimen from El Hierro. E. Coccinella miranda Wollaston, habitus.F. Scymnus canariensis Wollaston, habitus of El Hierro color form.G. Nephus flavopictus (Wollaston), habitus of untypically colored specimen from El Hierro.