Hemitrichapion gomerense Stüben & Behne, 2010

Morris, Michael G., Sw, London & Dt, Dorset, 2011, The Apionidae (Coleoptera) of the Canary Islands, with particular reference to the contribution of T. Vernon Wollaston, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1), pp. 157-182 : 178

Hemitrichapion gomerense Stüben & Behne, 2010

Until a late stage in the preparation of this paper this species was thought to be conspecific with H. wollastoni ; it was described from La Gomera.

I found H. gomerense near Casa Blanca, Tenerife, in December 1995 on an unidentified Lotus sp. In Hierro it was abundant in the Arenas Blancas region in March 2001, but much less so in January 2003, when the host (a Lotus sp. provisionally identified as L. glaucus ) was also less common. Hemitrichapion gomerense (as wollastoni ) has also been taken in the Canaries by Mr. Suppantschitsch (pers. comm.). Three specimens of H. gomerense have recently been accessioned in BMNH; they bear data from Casa Blanca, Tenerife, leg. E. Colonnelli, and are dated 28.iii.1985. I found it abundantly on an unidentified species of Lotus at Epina, La Gomera, 27–29 April 2008. Some twenty species of Lotus have been recorded from the Canaries and the hosts of the new weevil may require considerable working-out.