T. (T.) piochardi Fairmaire, 1873 stat. nov.

Material: 8 ♂: Alió, Tarragona, 26.11.1967, leg. E. Petitpierre (EPC) ; 1 ♂: Garraf, Barcelona, 0 4.1972, leg. E. Petitpierre (EPC); 9 ♂: Tibidabo Mt., Barcelona, around 300 m alt., 10.1966, leg. E. Petitpierre (EPC).

Description: MALES ANd fEMALES Of dULL BLACK OR BRONZE COLOUR. FAIRMAIRE (1884) WROTE THAT THIS SpECIES HAS A CURVEd pRONOTUM WITH pOSTERIOR ANGLES SLIGHTLY SINUATE, ANd A dENSELY ANd fINELY pUNCTUREd SURfACE, WITH ELYTRA ALSO dENSELY BUT COARSELY pUNCTUREd, WITH INTERSTICES VERY fINELY pUNCTUATE. BECHYNÉ (1948A) CLASSIfIEd THIS TAXON AS A SUBSpECIES Of T. fallax BASEd ON THE pRONOTUM SLIGHTLY MORE SHINING THAN ELYTRA IN BOTH SEXES, ANd BOTH WITH dENSE SMALL pUNCTURES. THE STUdY Of THE ENdOpHALLUS (fIGS 25A, B), REVEALEd THAT IT IS CLEARLY dIffERENT fROM THAT Of T. fallax (fIGS 26A, B, C) OWING TO STOUT OVIfORM SHApE WITH TWO SMALL DA pROTUBERANCES ANd A NARROWEd BASAL pART; fILIfORM- MANUBRIUM, dIVIdEd; ANd fLAGELLUM WEAKLY SCLEROTIZEd. A NEW STATUS fOR T. piochardi IS pROpOSEd HERE, ANd THE SpECIES WOULd BE TENTATIVELY pLACEd IN THE “ T. goettingensis ”—GROUp.