Leptus (L.) maxorata sp. n., L. (L.) tenerificus sp. n., L. (L.) edwini sp. n. and L. (L.) canaricus sp. n. are described from weevils collected in the Canary Islands. Furthermore, new hosts for L. (L.) millipedius are recorded from Madeira: the weevils Laparocerus noctivagans (Wollaston) and L. lamellipes (Wollaston), indicating this species could use several arthropods as hosts.
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1 October 2009
Four new species of Leptus Latreille, 1796 (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae) from the Canary Islands
Ryszard Haitlinger
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Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Madeira
new hosts
taxonomy