Endophallus structure: a promising tool for cryptic species identification in Timarcha Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)
Author
Petitpierre, Eduard
Author
Anichtchenko, Alexander
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-07-18
4446
3
361
383
journal article
29340
10.11646/zootaxa.4446.3.4
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1175-5326
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“
T. parvicollis
”
—group
Description:
BOdY WITH A RELATIVELY SLENdER SHApE Of SMALL-MEdIUM SIZE, 8.0–13.5 MM. PRONOTUM STRONGLY NARROWEd AT BASAL ANGLES WITH MARGINAL RIdGES ERASEd. PROVENTRITE dEEpLY GROOVEd LONGITUdINALLY. MESOVENTRITE fORKEd. ELYTRA WITH SHALLOW SCATTEREd OR RATHER dENSE pUNCTUATION. BECHYNÉ (1948A, 1953) CONSIdEREd ONLY ONE SpECIES WITH fIVE SUBSpECIES fROM
ANdALUSIA
ANd
PORTUGAL
, IN SOUTHERN
IBERIA
:
T. parvicollis parvicollis
ROSENHAUER, 1856,
T. parvicollis seidlitzi
KRAATZ, 1879,
T. parvicollis coarcticollis
FAIRMAIRE, 1873,
T. parvicollis heydeni
WEISE, 1882 ANd
T. parvicollis paulinoi
KRAATZ, 1879.