Timarcha (T.) tenebricosa, (Fabricius, 1775)

Petitpierre, Eduard & Anichtchenko, Alexander, 2018, Endophallus structure: a promising tool for cryptic species identification in Timarcha Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae), Zootaxa 4446 (3), pp. 361-383 : 364

T. (T.) tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775)

Material : 1 ♂ : Spain, Cerler ( Pyrenees of Huesca ), 0 7. 1970, leg. X. Palaus (EPC); 1 ♂: — Spain, Port de la Bonaigua, 2000m alt., (Pyrenees of Lleida), 25.06.1970, leg. E. Petitpierre (EPC); 2 ♂: Caucasus Mts. , Russia, Karachaevo—Cherkessia, Skalisty Mt. Range, Banditskoe urochische, 2–3.05.2009, leg. D. Fominhy (AAC); 1 ♂ : RUSSIA, KARACHAY—CHERKESSIA, VALLEY Of DAUT RIVER, 43o51’N 42o04’E, 20.05.2009 LEG. A. ANICHTCHENKO ( ACC); 1 ♂, 1 f ♂ : UKRAINE, KRIMEA, BAHCHISARAI dISTR., 5 KM ESE SOKOLINOE VILLAGE, SOTIRA MT., 1100M, 44o32’46’’N 34o01’13’’E, 3.05.2015, LEG. K. MAKAROV (AAC).

Description: ENdOpHALLUS GLOBULAR IN SHApE, WITH VBL ANd VBR pRESENT; VA CONICAL WITH ApEX SLIGHTLY TURNEd dORSALLY; MANUBRIUM WIdELY dIVIdEd SHOWING TWO LATERAL pARTS CONNECTEd BY A MEMBRANE, fLAGELLUM LONG ANd WELL SCLEROTIZEd. SHApE Of ENdOpHALLUS ALMOST IdENTICAL IN THE WHOLE RANGE Of THE SpECIES dISTRIBUTION fROM THE CAUCASUS TO NORTHERN SpAIN, ANd SIMILAR, BUT NOT IdENTICAL TO THAT pUBLISHEd BY STOCKMANN (1967) fROM FRENCH MATERIAL. MINOR dIffERENCES ARE dUE TO THE fACT THAT SAC fROM THE PYRENEES SpECIMENS ARE LESS INfLATEd ( fIGS 3A, B, C, d ).

Figures

FIGURES 2–3. Endophallus structure of Metallotimarcha and “T. tenebricosa” groups: 2a, b—T. (Metallotimarcha) hummeli; 3a, b—T. (T.) tenebricosa (Pyrenees), 3c, d—T. (T.) tenebricosa (Caucas). Scale = 1 mm.