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
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1175-5326
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T
. (
T.
)
aurichalcea
Bechyné, 1948a
Material:
3 ♂
: CANTAVIEjA: PUERTO dEL CUARTO PELAdO, 1612M
ALT
., TERUEL,
ARAGÓN
, 0 6.05.2000, LEG. J.L. ZApATA (AAC, EPC)
;
1 ♂
:
Puerto de Linares
,
1665m
alt.,
Teruel
,
Aragón
, 0 8.05.1998, leg.
J.L. Zapata
(AAC)
;
3 ♂
:
Puerto de Piqueras
,
1713m
alt.,
Soria
,
Castilla-León
, 0 3.06.1993, leg.
A. Anichtchenko
(AAC)
;
1 ♂
:
Puerto
del
Portillo
,
1778 m
alt.,
Teruel
,
Aragón
,
21.05.2006
, leg.
A. Anichtchenko
(AAC)
;
1 ♂
: Tragacete, Cuenca,
Castilla-La MANCHA
, 0 5.07.1995, LEG. E. PETITpIERRE (EPC).
Description:
BOdY WITH BLACK METALLIC SHEEN ON UppER SIdE ANd pRONOTUM VERY fINELY ANd UNIfORMLY pUNCTATE. DISTRIBUTEd IN SEVERAL MOUNTAINS Of CENTRAL ANd
EASTERN
SpAIN
. ENdOpHALLUS (
fIGS 28A, B, C
) WITH VERY ENLARGEd ApICAL pART, BENT AT RIGHT ANGLE dORSALLY
AS
IN
T. fallax
, BUT EASILY dISTINGUISHABLE BY THE LONG DA pROTUBERANCES ANd THE LOW LARGE ANd fUSEd ONES. MANUBRIUM dIVIdEd IN TWO NARROW ANd fILIfORM HALVES, ANd fLAGELLUM WIdENEd MEdIALLY.