Timarcha (T.) geniculata, (Germar, 1824), 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 : 371-372

T. (T.) geniculata (Germar, 1824)

T. asturiensis Kraatz, 1879 syn. nov.

T. perezii Fairmaire, 1884 syn. nov.

Material: 1 ♂: Puerto de San Glorio, 1600m alt., Cantabria—Palencia , 11.07.1997, leg. J.L. Zapata (EPC) ; 3 ♂: ibid, 31.05.1997, leg. J.L. Zapata (AAC) ; 2 ♂: Picos de Europa : las Colladinas, Macizo Central, 2100m alt, Asturias, 0 8.08.2003 leg. A. Anichtchenko (AAC) ; 2 ♂: Montes Cantábricos: Peña Ubiña , 2300 m alt., Cantabria, 05– 06.07.2009, leg. A. Anichtchenko (AAC) ; 2 ♂: Sierra de Guadarrama: 2 km. E. Navacerrada, 1900 m alt., Segovia , 0 1.09.2002, leg. A. Anichtchenko (AAC) ; 2 ♂: Sierra de Guadarrama : Puerto de la Morcuera, 1796m alt., 0 7.04.1996, Madrid, leg. J.L. Zapata (AAC) ; 3 ♂: Villafuerte, Valladolid, 0 5.03.2002, leg. J.L. Zapata (AAC); 1 ♂: Puerto de Navalmoral, 1514 m alt., Ávila , 0 1.03.1997, leg. J.L. Zapata (AAC) ; 6 ♂: Campisabales, Guadalajara, 28.03.1998, leg. J.L. Zapata (AAC); 4 ♂: Pl. Arnau, Asturias, 0 2.08.1992, leg. J.L. Zapata (AAC).

Description: THIS TAXON WAS dESCRIBEd fOR INdIVIdUALS WITH dULL REd fEMORA AS THE ONLY dISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WITH RESpECT TO ALLIEd ANd NEIGHBORING pOpULATIONS. T. geniculata ANd OTHER SIMILAR TAXA SHARE A pARTIAL OR EVEN COMpLETE ABSENCE Of BASAL RIM Of pRONOTUM, BUT THEY dISpLAY ROUGH ELYTRA ANd THE LAST MALE MAXILLARY pALpOMERES fEEBLY EXpANdEd ApICALLY. THEY ARE fOUNd IN THE NW qUAdRANT ANd CENTRAL IBERIA. THE CHARACTERISTICS Of ENdOpHALLI SHOWN IN THE THREE pREVIOUS TAXA ( fIGS 16–19 ), dISpLAYS A SUBCYLINdRICAL BASE, AN INfLATEd MIddLE pART WHICH IS GRAdUALLY NARROWEd AT THE ApEX, A VERY THIN fLAGELLUM, fILIfORM ANd WEAKLY SCLEROTIZEd, WHEREAS IN MOST Of THEM THE ARROWHEAd-SHApEd MANUBRIUM WITH TRIANGULAR ApEX IS WELL-SCLEROTIZEd.

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FIGURES 16–19. Endophallus of “T. goettingensis” group: 16a, b—T. geniculata (Las Colladinas); 17a, b—T. asturiensis (Puerto de San Glorio); 18a, b—T. perezii (Villafuerte), 19b, c—T. perezii (Puerto de Navalmoral).