tiny endemic weevil from Tenerife

Description:

Host plants: Rubus, Myrica faya ('laurels'), Cistus monspeliensis [MORRIS, 2004]Distribution: Canaries (except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura)L: about 2mmfiliform, non-geniculate antennae (keine geknickten Fhler)Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Arthropoden)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class:Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 (Neuflgler)Order: Coleoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (beetles, Kfer)Suborder: Polyphaga EMERY, 1886Infraorder: Cucujiformia LATREILLE, 1802Superfamily: Curculionoidea LATREILLE, 1802 (weevils, Rsselkfer)Family Attelabidae BILLBERG 1820 (leaf-rolling beetles, Blattroller)Subfamily: Rhynchitinae GISTEL, 1848 (now family status)Tribus: Auletini DESBROCHERS des LOGES, 1909 (an endmic Macronesian tribe)Subtribus: Auletina DESBROCHERS des LOGES, 1909Genus: Auletobius LEACH, 1869 Auletobius anceps WOLLASTON, 1864 [= A. convexifrons var. beta Woll.][det. B. Bche, 2019, based on photos]modern paper: pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ef57/85526d3d3aae12a83917d73fbe8...location: Canary islands, NE Tenerife: LasMercedes Forest (i.e. Anaga) region, 28.10.2016IMG_0261