Timarcha (T.) oblongula, Fairmaire, 1880

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 : 376-378

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.3.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:227C1101-B5EC-48C7-8780-BEEBA6D5AE06
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5968219
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF01B532-1957-FFB6-FF03-F8C4D7D0FF89
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scientific name	Timarcha (T.) oblongula
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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).

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 View FIGURES 29–30 ) 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.