Tetrabrachys deserticola ( Wollaston, 1864 )

Romanowski, Jerzy, Ceryngier, Piotr, Větrovec, Jaroslav & Szawaryn, Karol, 2019, The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Zootaxa 4646 (1), pp. 101-123 : 113-114

Tetrabrachys deserticola ( Wollaston, 1864)

( Fig. 8 A–F)

Lithophilus deserticola Wollaston 1864: 431 .

= Lithophilus atlanticus Escalera 1914: 128

= Lithophilus kochi Schatzmayr 1939: 225 .

Material examined. Desert near La Pared 10.VIII.2017, 3 exx. under stone, and near Costa Calma 8.–15. VI.2017, 74 exx.

Distribution. The species was discovered at the desert near Corralejo, in the northern part of Fuerteventura ( Wollaston 1864). Later documented for two other Canarian islands, Tenerife and Gran Canaria ( Eizaguirre 2007). It was also reported from Morocco ( Kovář 2007). Our records represent new localities of this species in the south of Fuerteventura.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Tetrabrachys desserticola: A) abdomen, male; B) habitus, dorsal; C) penis; D) tegmen, lateral; E) tegmen, inner; F) spermatheca; Hyperaspis vinciguerrae: G) penis; H) tegmen, inner; I) tegmen, lateral; J) abdomen, male; K) habitus, dorsal; L) female genitalia.