Adomerus maculipes (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)

Heyden, Torsten van der, 2025, New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), XX, Arquivos Entomolóxicos 32, pp. 407-408 : 407

The first record of Adomerus maculipes (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) (Heteroptera¦ Cydnidae )

for the Canary Islands ( Spain) was reported, as Canthophorus maculipes (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) , by ROCA-CUSACHS et al. (2020) from the island of La Palma, based on one specimen found in 1993 at Marcos y Cordero and has been the only record of the species reported from the archipelago, so far. C anthophorus maculipes was transferred to the genus Adomerus Mulsant & Rey, 1866 because of some characters shared with this genus ( GAPON, 2018; AUKEMA et al., 2021).

Herein, the first record of A. maculipes on the island of Tenerife is reported¦ On 08-04-2025, an adult specimen ( Fig. 1 ) was found in the Barranco del Pino , located in the northern part of the island (coordinates¦ 28.398406, -16.493319) . A photograph of the specimen was uploaded to the online database iNaturalist (see here).

Figures

Fig. 1.– Specimen of Adomerus maculipes (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) (Heteroptera¦ Cydnidae), Barranco del Pino, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. (Photo¦ Néstor Pulido Quintana).