Timarcha (T.) hispanica, Herrich-Schaffer, 1838

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 : 379

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scientific name	Timarcha (T.) hispanica
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T. (T.) hispanica Herrich-Schäffer, 1838

Material: 2 ♂: SAGRES, CABO dE SAO VICENTE, ALGARVE, PORTUGAL, 18.03.1997, LEG. E. PETITpIERRE (EPC).

Description: SpECIES WITH SEVERAL ISOLATEd SUBSpECIES ANd pOpULATIONS, qUITE dIffERENT IN HABITUS, WHICH A ARE fOUNd IN CENTRAL ANd SOUTHERN REGIONS Of THE IBERIAN PENINSULA ( WARCHAłOWSKI 2010). ENdOpHALLUS ( fIGS 31A, B View FIGURES 31–32 ) WITH SIMpLE OUTLINE MAdE Of TWO pARTS, THE BASAL ONE EXpANdEd dORSALLY WITH TWO VENTRAL pROTUBERANCES ANd THE ApICAL ONE SLANTEd dORSALLY TO HOLd A NARROW MANUBRIUM ANd A SHORT fLAGELLUM, ENdING IN A ROUNd TIp. THIS STRUCTURE RESEMBLES TO THAT Of T. geniculata , BUT IT IS ENLARGEd AT THE BASIS UNLIKE THE ApICAL pART WHICH IS MORE COMpLEX.