Timarcha (T.) tortosensis, 2018

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 : 376

T. (T.) tortosensis Bechyné, 1948a stat. nov.

Material: 3 ♂: ALdEA, TARRAGONA, 0 3.1969, LEG. E. PETITpIERRE (EPC).

Description: THIS TAXON WAS dESCRIBEd AS A SUBSpECIES Of T. fallax fOR ITS BRIGHT ANd MORE dENSELY pUNCTUREd pRONOTUM ANd ELYTRA WITHOUT UNdULATEd INTERSTICES, fROM WHICH IT CAN ALSO BE SEpARATEd BY A STRIKINGLY dISTINCT INTERNAL SAC. ENdOpHALLUS ( fIGS 27A, B ) COMpOSEd Of THREE pARTS: BASAL pART GLOBULAR ANd LONGER THAN MIddLE ANd ApICAL pARTS COMBINEd; MIddLE pART WITH TWO dOUBLE dORSAL pROTUBERANCES IN ANGLE; ANd ApICAL pART ENLARGEd WITH TWO dOUBLE LATERAL SUBSpHERES. MANUBRIUM VERY BROAd ANd CLEARLY dIffERING fROM THAT Of T. fallax . DISTRIBUTEd IN SOUTHERNMOST CATALONIA.

Figures

FIGURES 26–28. Endophallus structure of “T. fallax” group: 26—T. fallax (Paterna); 27—T. tortosensis (Aldea); 28—T. aurichalcea (Tragacete)