Canarilabis maxima ( Brullé, 1838 )

Canarilabis maxima ( Brullé, 1838) View in CoL

Figs. 1A (clade 2, lineage “C”), 4K–O, 5C

Type locality. Spain: Canary Islands; the island not specified ( Brullé, 1838; Burr, 1908)

Material examined. Spain: Canary Isl. , Tenerife, La Orotava env., 28 °19′35.9″N, 16 °31′59.9″W, 1620 m a.s.l., 9.xii.2016; under stones, P. Kočárek and I. Horká leg. (5 males, 6 females) ( UNOV) GoogleMaps ; Spain: Tenerife ins. c., Aquamansa 4 km SW, 24.03.2015, Pinetum under rocks, 1550 m, 28 °20′05″N, 16 °31′18″W, 7 ex., M. Mantič leg. ( MMCO) GoogleMaps ; Spain: Tenerife ins. occ., Baracan Mt. 1, 5 km SE of Los Bailaderos ,

CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY 94 (2025) 180–206

CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY 94 (2025) 180–206

18.xi.2015, Laureto-Ericetum, under rocks, 28 °20′06″N, 16 °51′46″W, M. Mantič leg. ( MMCO) GoogleMaps .

Published records. Bolivar (1893: 47–48); Krauss (1892: 163); Burr (1908: 30); Willemse (1936: 56); Chopard (1954: 13); Brindle (1968: 143–144); Kruseman & Jeekel (1972: 25); Johnsen (1974: 33); Allcard & Valletta (1978: 91); Allcard & Valletta (1982: 116); Beron (2015: 213). Records published from La Gomera should be considered as Canarilabis alata ( Johnsen, 1974) : May (1912: 186) as Anisolabis maxima ; Brindle (1968: 143–144) as Gelotolabis maxima . Records published from Gran Canaria should be considered as Canarilabis canariensis Kočárek, Bonczek & Kočárková , sp. nov.: Bolivar (1893: 47–48); Chopard (1954: 13); Brindle (1968: 143–144); Kruseman & Jeekel (1972: 25); Bivar de Sousa & Sakai (1997: 291). Records published from El Hierro should be considered as Canarilabis hierrensis Kočárek, Bonczek & Kočárková , sp. nov.: Chopard (1954: 13); Brindle (1968: 143–144).

Diagnosis. Similar to the rest of the species of Canarilabis in terms of external morphology, males can be identified by the unique combination of the following characters: tegmina absent; lateral glandular folds developed on both tergites 3 and 4 but sometimes slightly visible; tergites 7–9 rugoso-striate at sides; penultimate sternite with posterior margin narrow, truncate, truncate part as wide as 1/4–1/5 of the maximal width of sternite; manubrium approximately 1.8–2.0 times longer than penultimate sternite; and outer margin of paramere with angular projection. Females are indistinguishable.

Comment. Brullé (1838) described Forficula maxima from the Canary Islands (Îles Canaries) without specification of the type locality. The type material (male and female) are stored in Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris ( Burr, 1908), for labels see MNHN (2024). The type male tergites 7–9 are rugoso-striate laterally (see MNHN, 2024) and this character dis- tinguishes C. maxima from both C. canariensis sp. nov. and C. hierrensis sp. nov. with tergites 6–9 rugoso-striate laterally (fig. 6). The type material therefore belongs to the C. maxima sensu stricto and was evidently collected in Tenerife.