Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Heyden, Torsten van der, 2024, New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), XIII, Arquivos Entomolóxicos 30, pp. 37-38 : 37

The Palaearctic species Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758)

( Heteroptera : Pyrrhocoridae ) was erroneously reported for the Canary Islands before ( AUKEMA, 2024). Now, the first verifiable record of the species in the archipelago can be reported: On 24-07-2024, a macropterous adult specimen of P. apterus ( Fig. 2 ) was found in the village of San Andrés on the island of El Hierro. Two photographs of the specimen were uploaded to the online database iNaturalist (see here).

Figures

Fig. 2.– Specimen of Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae), San Andrés, El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain. (Photo: Kilian Padrón Castañeda).