Timarcha (T.) intermedia subsp. lugens, 2018

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 : 365

T. ( T.) intermedia lugens Rosenhauer, 1856 stat. nov.

Material: 1 ♂: SIERRA NEVAdA: LAGUNA dE AGUAS VERdES, 3056 M ALT ., GRANAdA, 11.06.2005, LEG. A. ANICHTCHENKO (AAC); 3 ♂: Sierra Nevada: Pico Veleta , 2300 m alt. , Granada, 0 5.07.1972, leg. E. Petitpierre (EPC).

Description: THE fEMALES Of THIS SpECIES dIffER fROM THOSE Of THE REMAINING SpECIES Of THIS GROUp BY HAVING SLIGHT LONGITUdINAL COSTAE ON THEIR ELYTRA. HERE, AGAIN, ITS ENdOpHALLUS ( fIG. 7 ) AGREES WITH THOSE Of THE fORMER TAXA

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FIGURES 4–8. Endophallus structure of “T. intermedia” and “T. parvicollis” groups: 4a, b—T. intermedia s. str. (Cabo de Gata), 4c, d—T. intermedia s. str. (Isla de Tabarca), 4e, f—T. intermedia s. str. (Faro de Santa Pola); 5a, b—T. intermedia carmelenae (Puerto de la Sagra); 6a, b—T. intermedia kiesenwetteri (Sierra Mágina); 7—T. intermedia lugens (Sierra Nevada). 8a, b—T. parvicollis seidlitzi (Sierra Nevada). Scale = 1 mm.