Timarcha (T.) insparsa, Rosenhauer, 1856

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 : 366

T. (T.) insparsa Rosenhauer, 1856

Material: 2 ♂: SIERRA NEVAdA: LAGUNA dE AGUAS VERdES, 3100 M ALT., GRANAdA, 11.06.2005, LEG. A. ANICHTCHENKO (AAC) ; 1 ♂: Sierra Nevada: laguna de las Yeguas , 2850 m alt., Granada, 0 3.09.2004, leg. A. Anichtchenko (AAC) ; 1 ♂: SIERRA NEVAdA: BORREGUILES, GRANAdA, 0 3.08.1998, LEG. A. ANICHTCHENKO (AAC).

Description: BOdY Of SMALLER SIZE COMpAREd TO T. marginicollis ANd SHOWING CONVEX INTERSTICES Of ELYTRA. IN AddITION, THE ApEX Of THE pENIS IS SIMILAR TO THAT SHOWN BY MOST CONGENERIC SpECIES ANd dOES NOT dISpLAY THE TWO LARGE LATERAL TEETH Of T. marginicollis . THE ENdOpHALLUS Of T. insparsa ( fIGS 9A, B ) SHARES WITH THAT Of T. marginicollis A dIVIdEd ARROWHEAd MANUBRIUM BUT dIffERS STRONGLY BY ITS SHApE, WHICH IS CLOSELY RELATEd TO THOSE Of T. intermedia ANd T. goettingensis GROUpS, BECAUSE IT SHARES THE SLENdER ANd STRAIGHT BASAL pART ANd THE HIGHLY INfLATEd ApICAL ONE.

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.