Endophallus structure: a promising tool for cryptic species identification in Timarcha Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) Author Petitpierre, Eduard Author Anichtchenko, Alexander text Zootaxa 2018 2018-07-18 4446 3 361 383 journal article 29340 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.3.4 8bd15d85-4cb6-4032-9c82-7bbb95d2f104 1175-5326 1444255 227C1101-B5EC-48C7-8780-BEEBA6D5AE06 T. ( T .) oblongula Fairmaire, 1880 Material : 2 ♂ : CAMARENA dE LA SIERRA, SIERRA dE JAVALAMBRE, TERUEL, ARAGÓN , 15.05.1993 , LEG. J.L. ZApATA (AAC, EPC) ; 2 ♂ : Morella , Castelló , Valencia , 19.04.1993 , leg. J.A. Alcover & G. Pons ( MNCN ex. 8542) ; 1 ♂ : Alcoi : la Font Roja , Alicante , 16.10.1995 , leg. E. Petitpierre (EPC) ; 2 ♂ : Jumilla : Sierra del Carche , Murcia , SE Spain , 28.10.1985 , leg. J.L. Lencina (EPC) ; 1 ♂ : Jumilla : los Gavilanes , Murcia , SE Spain , 0 4.09.2002, leg. J.L. Lencina (JLC). FIGURES 26–28. Endophallus structure of “ T. fallax ” group: 26— T. fallax (Paterna) ; 27— T. tortosensis (Aldea) ; 28— T. aurichalcea (Tragacete) Description: BOdY MIddLE-SIZEd (9.0–10.5 MM) ANd ELONGATE, WITH A SLIGHTLY SHINING BLACK COLOUR. LAST pALpOMERE Of MALES SUBOVOId, NOT WIdENEd AT THE TIp. HEAd ANd pRONOTUM WITH EXTREMELY fINE pUNCTURES, THE LATTER WITH REGULARLY CURVEd SIdES, ANd ELYTRA WITH SHALLOW ANd dISpERSE COARSE pUNCTURES. PROVENTRITE BROAd ANd CLEARLY fURROWEd. MESOVENTRITE ALMOST fLAT ANd STRAIGHT AT ApEX. ENdOpHALLUS ( fIGS 30A, B, C ) WITH TWO GLOBULAR pARTS ANd A fINGER-LIKE ApEX, WITH EXTREMELY ENLARGEd ANd MERGEd DB ANd VB pROTUBERANCES. MANUBRIUM BROAd ANd STRONGLY SCLEROTIZEd, WITH TRUNCATE ApEX ANd LONG RETRACTEd LATERAL LOBES. FLAGELLUM SHORT ANd MOdERATELY SCLEROTIZEd.