Timarcha (T.) sinuatocollis subsp. monserratensis,

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 : 374

T. (T.) sinuatocollis monserratensis Bechyné, 1962 comb. nov.

T. goettingensis monserratensis Bechyné, 1962: 184

Material: 1 ♂: Rupit, Barcelona, 0 4.1966, leg. E. Petitpierre (EPC); 1 ♂: Collformic, Montseny, 970 m alt., BARCELONA, 19.07.1970, LEG. PETITpIERRE (EPC).

Description: VERY SIMILAR TO THE pREVIOUS TAXON ALTHOUGH A BIT LARGER (9.0–11.5 MM) ANd BROAdER. DISTRIBUTEd IN SOME MOUNTAINS HIGHER THAN 700 M ALTITUdE Of MIddLE-EASTERN CATALONIA, NE SpAIN.

THE ENdOpHALLUS STRUCTURE ( fIGS 23A, B ) IS ALMOST IdENTICAL TO THAT Of T. sinuatocollis ANd NOT TO T. goettingensis , CONTRARY TO ITS dESCRIpTION. IT SHOWS ONLY SOME MINOR dIffERENCES IN THE SHApE Of MANUBRIUM, WHICH IS A LITTLE BROAdER THAN IN T. sinuatocollis .

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FIGURES 22–25. Endophallus of “T. goettingensis” group: 22a, b—T. sinuatocollis (Campelles); 23a, b—T. monserratensis (Montseny); 24a, b—T. interstitialis (Canet); 25a, b—T. piochardi (Alió). Scale = 1 mm.