Timarcha (T.) interstitialis, Fairmaire, 1884

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.) interstitialis Fairmaire, 1884

Material: 1 ♂: CANET: ÉTANG dE SAINT CYpRIEN, PYRENÉES ORIENTALES, FRANCE, 27.07.1972, LEG. G. TIBERGHIEN (EPC).

Description: BOdY SIMILAR IN SIZE TO THE pREVIOUS SpECIES. PRONOTUM SIdES SLIGHTLY BUT EVENLY ROUNd ANd ELYTRA WITH dENSE BUT SHALLOW pUNCTATION. UppER SIdE BLACK OR WITH A fEEBLE METALLIC REfLEX. DISTRIBUTEd AT LOW ALTITUdES IN SE FRANCE ANd NE CATALONIA.

ENdOpHALLUS ( fIGS 24A, B ) WITH SHORT ANd CYLINdRICAL BASE ANd ApICAL pART WITH SLANTEd REGION AT ApEX WHERE A RHOMBOId MANUBRIUM ANd A THIN, WEAKLY SCLEROTIZEd fLAGELLUM ARE pLACEd.

Figures

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.