Scymnus (Pullus) canariensis Wollaston, 1864

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 : 253-255

Scymnus (Pullus) canariensis Wollaston, 1864

Fig. 3F

Material examined. Pozo de la Salud (28.I.2017), 6 exx. (leg. J. Krátký), 2 exx. (leg. J. Pelikán); Sabinosa (28.I.2017), 2 exx. (leg. J. Krátký); Pista del Derrabado (23.I.2017), 1 ex. (leg. J. Krátký); El Chirgo (28.I.2017), 6 exx. (leg. J. Krátký), (29.I.2017), 7 exx. (leg. J. Pelikán); Las Playas (1.II.2017), 2 exx. (leg. J. Krátký); Tamaduste (30.I.2017), 1 ex. (leg. J. Krátký), Camino de Jinama (31.I.2017), 1 ex. (leg. J. Pelikán); Cueva de Don Juste, Echedo, El Juan, El Mocanal, El Sabinal, El Tomillar, Guarazoca, Hoya del Morcillo, Isora, La Caleta, La Dehesa, La Restinga, Las Playas, Mirador de Isora, Montaña de la Casilla, Montaña del Lajura, Pozo de la Salud, Pozo de las Calcosas, Punto de la Dehesa, Sabinar, Tamaduste, Tigaday, Valverde (7–12.IV.2019), total of 901 exx. collected from various plants including Pinus canariensis C. Smith , Juniperus sp. , N. oleander , Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb , Casuarina equisetifolia L., Hibiscus sp. , Ph. canariensis , Euphorbia sp. , Hedera sp. and Yucca sp. (leg. J. Romanowski and C. Zmuda).

Distribution. Scymnus canariensis has been considered an endemic Canarian species, known from all islands of the archipelago ( Eizaguirre 2007). However, recently it was also reported from São Tomé and Príncipe, and Senegal ( Hounkpati et al. 2020).

Remarks. On El Hierro, S. canariensis has a distinct color form, which is depicted on Fig. 3F . It was already emphasized by Wollaston (1864) that the occurrence of this form (named by him S. canarensis var. β) is limited to El Hierro. Male genitalia in this form agree with those of S. canariensis from other islands of the archipelago (e.g., Romanowski et al. 2019).

Scymnus (Mimopullus) cercyonides Wollaston, 1864

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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.