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A new species from the Canary Islands is described and illustrated: Micrambe humboldti n. sp. A differential key to the Canarian endemic species is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new species of terrestrial isopod is described, Soteriscus jandiensis n. sp., found in Pico de La Zarza from the Jandía peninsula (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain). Like the other three species from these islands of Soteriscus Taiti & Rossano, 2015 genus, it belongs to the "atlantic" group as it has: a rounded internal tip of exopodite I of the male; an elongated exopod of the uropod; and a reduced number of pores in the glandular fields of the pleuroepimers. Nevertheless, it is differentiated from this group for having a large rounded crest, with strong setae in the distal area, on the external face of the merus of the seventh pereiopod of the male. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anagyrus fusciventris (Girault, 1915) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) is recorded for the first time in the Canary Islands (Spain) and the Macaronesian region. One specimen was observed on 2nd May 2020 in the municipality of Candelaria (Tenerife). Samples of Coccoloba uvifera L. (Magnoliopsida, Polygonaceae) infested by Paracoccus burnerae (Brain, 1915) (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) were collected from perimeter gardens of the observation point and placed in insect evolutionaries between May and June 2020. One specimen of A. fusciventris was then collected on 12th June 2020. Parasitoid and mealybug were identified using morphological and molecular methods based on the DNA barcode sequencing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a pest that causes significant losses to tomato production all over the world. Recently, it has been reported that the eulophid parasitoid, Necremnus tutae Ribes & Bernardo, 2015 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), has great potential as a biocontrol agent of this pest. Herein, we obtained and make available the reference DNA barcode sequence of N. tutae. and report on its occurrence in the Canary Islands for the first time. The possible consequences that this new record could have on the biological control of the tomato leaf miner in tomato producing greenhouses in the Canary Islands are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New material enables the author to complete the catalogue of the Cryptophagus Herbst, 1792 (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) form Canary Islands. A new species of Cryptophagus: Cryptophagus angelinii n. sp. from the Canary Islands is described and illustrated. A differential key is established with the species of the genus from the Canary islands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Orthophrys pygmaeum is recorded first time for the Spanish fauna from Tarifa (Cadiz) and Lanzarote (Canary Islands). New data about its biology, taxonomy and hypothesis about its distribution are given. An annotated Appendix of the ibero-macaronesian Saldidae and a check list of the Iberian Leptopodomorpha are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Records for the hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of La Palma (Canary Islands) are here reviewed and updated. In October and November of 2017, syrphid flies were collected on La Palma and the collection records from this excursion with new information on seasonal activity and new records for the Island are given, together with all the literature records published for La Palma. The species Eumerus obliquus (Fabricius) is reported for the first time from La Palma, totaling 25 species of hoverflies documented from this Island. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New data concerning the distribution about nine Coleoptera and five Diptera species are given. Lema bilineata Germar, 1823 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Olla v-nigrum (Mulsant, 1866) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Sphaeridium marginatum Fabricius, 1787 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) are reported for the first time for the archipelago. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]