Timarcha (T.) balearica, Gory, 1833

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 : 369

T. ( T.) balearica Gory, 1833

T. martini Pic, 1919a: 20

T. violacea Pic, 2019a: 20

Material: 3 ♂: FORNELLS, MENORCA, BALEARIC ISLANdS, 0 9.10.1973, LEG. E. PETITpIERRE (EPC).

Description: ENdOpHALLUS ( fIGS 11A, B ) COMpLEX WITH SOfT pARTS WITH A ROUNd ApICAL HORN, TWO pROMINENT DA pROTUBERANCES, ANd A dIVIdEd ANd WEAKLY SCLEROTIZEd SMALL MANUBRIUM, jOINEd TO A TIp COILEd fLAGELLUM (PETITpIERRE 1970A). IN AddITION, THE ApEX Of pENIS IS TRUNCATEd INSTEAd Of pOINTEd, AS IT IS COMMON fOR MOST SpECIES (PETITpIERRE 1970A).

Figures

FIGURES 9–12. Endophallus structure of “T. insparsa”, “T. balearica” and “T. strangulata” groups: 9a, b—T. insparsa (Sierra Nevada); 10a, b—T. marginicollis (Sierra Nevada). 11a, b—T. balearica (Menorca); 12a, b—T. strangulata epipleuralis (Canfranc), 12c, d—T. strangulata sculptipennis (Port de la Bonaigua). Scale = 1 mm.