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. fallax ” —group Description: THE TAXA Of THIS GROUp HAVE BEEN CONSIdEREd WITHIN THE “ T. goettingensis ” COMpLEX BASEd ON MORpHOLOGICAL, KARYOLOGICAL ANd MOLECULAR pHYLOGENETIC GROUNdS (PETITpIERRE 1970A, 1970B, 1976; GÓMEZ-ZURITA et al. 2000A, 2000B, 2000C; GÓMEZ-ZURITA 2004). HOWEVER, THEIR LARGE BOdY (11.5–15.0 MM.), WITH pRONOTUM WITH MORE pRONOUNCEdLY CURVEd SIdES, MESOVENTRITE SLANTEd OR EVEN fORKEd, ANd SHALLOW ANd RELATIVELY SpREAd pUNCTATION Of ELYTRA , ALLOW TO ITS dIAGNOSIS WITH REGARd TO TAXA IN THE fORMER GROUp. IT IS dISTRIBUTEd fROM SOUTHERN CATALONIA TO MURCIA ANd IN CENTRAL-EASTERN IBERIA . FURTHERMORE , THE GLOBULAR ANd HIGHLY COMpLEX STRUCTURE Of MOST ENdOpHALLI CLEARLY SUBSTANTIATE THIS GROUp Of SpECIES.