Timarcha (T.) espanoli, Bechyne, 1948 a

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 : 371

T. (T.) espanoli Bechyné, 1948a

Material: 1 ♂: Molina de Segura : La Alcaina , Murcia, SE Spain, 24.09.1989, leg. J. Serrano (EPC) ; 3 ♂: Jumilla : RAMBLA dEL TARAY, MURCIA, SE SpAIN, 0 5.11.2000, LEG. J.L. LENCINA (AAC ANd EPC).

Description: LEGS WITH TIBIAE ANd fEMORA OR ONLY fEMORA Of REd dULL COLOUR, pRONOTUM WITH fINE ANd SHALLOW pUNCTURES IN THE MIddLE, ANd ELYTRA VERY STRONGLY ANd dEEpLY pUNCTUREd, BUT ONLY WRINKLEd AT ApEX ( WARCHAłOWSKI 2010). ENdOpHALLUS ( fIGS 15A, B ) WITH NARROW ANd STRAIGHT BASAL pART ANd STRONGLY INfLATEd ApICALLY, MANUBRIUM dIVIdEd IN TWO SCLEROTIZEd LATERAL LOBES ANd fLAGELLUM RELATIVELY SHORT ANd SCLEROTIZEd. THIS ENdOpHALLUS REMINdS Of THAT Of T. intermedia ( fIGS 3A, f ).

Figures

FIGURES 13–15. Endophallus structure of “T. calceata”, “T. scabripennis” and “T. rugosa” groups: 13a, b—T. calceata (Navahermosa); 14a, b—T. (scabripennis (Ceuta); 15a, b—T. espanoli (Jumilla). Scale = 1 mm.

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.