Timarcha (T.) intermedia, Petitpierre & Anichtchenko, 2018, Petitpierre & Anichtchenko, 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 s. str.

ehlersi Weise, 1882b: 319 sericea Fairmaire et Allard, 1873: 153

Material: 2 ♂, 1f ♂: Cabo de Gata, San José, Almería, 10.02.2004, leg. A. Anichtchenko (AAC); 2 ♂: Cabo de Gata, 6 km N San José, Almería, 12.01.2004, leg. A. Anichtchenko (AAC); 2 ♂: Faro de Santa Pola, Alicante, 0 6.1963 leg. E. Petitpierre (EPC); 4 ♂: isla de Tabarca, Santa Pola, Alicante, 27.12.1973, leg. E. Petitpierre (EPC).

Description: THE ENdOpHALLI fROM THESE THREE dIffERENT LOCATIONS ARE ILLUSTRATEd ( fIGS 4A–f ). AS NOTICEd, THE BASAL pROTUBERANCES ARE MORE OR LESS pROMINENT BUT THE MAIN fEATURES ARE MAINTAINEd. IT dIffERS fROM THE MOUNTAINOUS SUBSpECIES, T. intermedia carmelenae , T. intermedia kiesenwetteri ANd T. intermedia lugens , BY A LESS SCLEROTIZEd fLAGELLUM.

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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.