Timarcha (T.) intermedia subsp. carmelenae, 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 : 365

T. (T.) intermedia carmelenae Petitpierre, 2013 stat. nov.

Material: 1 ♂: PUERTO dE LA SAGRA 1670 M. ALT., SIERRA GUILLIMONA, HUÉSCAR, GRANAdA, 12.10.2012, LEG. G. BASTAZO and J.M. Vela ; 2 ♂: ibid, 0 1.05.2014, LEG. G. BASTAZO ANd J.M. VELA (AAC, EPC).

Description: THE SHApE Of THE ENdOpHALLUS ( fIGS 5A, B ) dOES NOT dIffER fROM THAT Of T. (T.) intermedia kiesenwetteri KRAATZ, 1879 . MANUBRIUM WELL SCLEROTIZEd.

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FIGURES 4–8. Endophallus structure of “T. intermedia” and “T. parvicollis” groups: 4a, b—T. intermedia s. str. (Cabo de Gata), 4c, d—T. intermedia s. str. (Isla de Tabarca), 4e, f—T. intermedia s. str. (Faro de Santa Pola); 5a, b—T. intermedia carmelenae (Puerto de la Sagra); 6a, b—T. intermedia kiesenwetteri (Sierra Mágina); 7—T. intermedia lugens (Sierra Nevada). 8a, b—T. parvicollis seidlitzi (Sierra Nevada). Scale = 1 mm.