The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Author
Romanowski, Jerzy
Author
Ceryngier, Piotr
Author
Větrovec, Jaroslav
Author
Szawaryn, Karol
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-23
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4646.1.6
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Hippodamia variegata
(
Goeze, 1777
)
Coccinella variegata
Goeze 1777: 247
.
Material examined.
Total of
147 specimens
(
133 adults
,
10 larvae
,
4 pupae
) were collected from herbaceous plants,
Aloe
sp., succulents,
L. arborescens
,
N. oleander
,
Hibiscus
sp.,
P. granatum
and
Bougainvillea
sp. The species was recorded at 13 study sites: Aeropuerto de Fuerteventura (
30.III.2017
), Barranco de las Penitas (
29.III.2017
), Barranco de los Gutierres (
25.III.2017
),
Caleta de Fuste
(
13.II.2017
,
30.III.2017
)
, Costa Calma (22–23.III.2017,
27.III.2017
,
09.VIII.2017
), El Cotillo (
10.02.2017
), El Pinar (
05.VIII.2017
), La Lajita (
13.II.2017
,
23.III.2017
), La Pared (
26.III.2017
, 04–05.VIII.2017,
12.VIII.2017
), Morro Jable (
24.III.2017
), Pajara (
12.08.2017
), Tarajalejo (
24. III.2017
)
and
Vega de Rio Palmas
(
25.III.2017
)
.
Distribution
. The species is widely distributed in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical and
Oriental
regions, inhabiting all seven Canarian islands (
Eizaguirre 2007
;
Oromí & Báez 2010
).