Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1857

Recently, the invasive alien bug species

Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1857 View in CoL

(Heteroptera: Reduviidae ) was reported from the Canary Islands. Up to now, it has only been reported from the island of Tenerife ( BAENA & SANTOS, 2021; VAN DER HEYDEN, 2022).

Now, the species can be reported from the island of Lanzarote, too: On 07-08-2022, Warren Stevens photographed an adult specimen of Z. renardii in Puerto Calero, located at the southeastern coast of the island ( Fig. 1 View Fig ). The photo was uploaded to the online database iNaturalist (see here).

On 13-08-2022, a nymph ( Fig. 2 View Fig ) and an adult specimen of Z. renardii were photographed by Warren Stevens in the Rancho Texas Lanzarote Park near Puerto del Carmen, about six kilometres east of Puerto Calero. The adult specimen was preying – very likely on a specimen of Ancistrocerus sp. ( Hymenoptera : Vespidae ) ( Fig. 3 View Fig ).

Thus far, Z. renardii has been found on two of the Canary Islands. Very likely, the species is present on other islands of the archipelago, too.