Rhyzobius lophanthae ( Blaisdell, 1892 )

Rhyzobius lophanthae ( Blaisdell, 1892)

Scymnus lophanthae Blaisdell 1892: 51 .

= Lindorus lophanthae ( Blaisdell, 1892)

Material examined. Total of 157 specimens were collected from different plants, including N. oleander , O. euro- paea, C. equisetifolia , Phoenix canariensis , Pistacia lentiscus , Yucca sp., Hibiscus sp. and Cycas sp. The species was recorded at 11 study sites: Antigua ( 25.III.2017), Betancuria ( 10.II.2017, 25.III.2017), Caleta de Fuste ( 13.II.2017, 30.III.2017) , Corralejo ( 30.IX.2017), Costa Calma (04– 05.12.2016, 08–09.II.2017, 11–12.II.2017, 13.III.2017, 21– 23.III.2017, 27.III.2017, 04.VIII.2017, 09.VIII.2017), Grandtarajal ( 03.VIII.2017), Jandia ( 30.IX.2017), Lajares ( 30. IX.2016, 10.02.2017), La Lajita ( 23.03.2017, 06.VIII.2017), La Pared ( 30.09.2016, 26.III.2017, 04–05.VIII.2017, 07.VIII.2017, 12.VIII.2017) and Pajara ( 12.VIII.2017).

Distribution. Widely distributed species of Australian origin, known from all Canarian Islands ( Eizaguirre, 2007).

Remarks. Kovář (2007) included this species in the genus Lindorus Casey. However , Lindorus was synonymized by Pope (1981) with Rhyzobius Stephens , and that decision was retained by Tomaszewska (2010) in her world revision of the genus. Consequently the species should be classified as a member of Rhyzobius .