Timarcha (T.) aurichalcea, Bechyne, 1948 a

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 : 376

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4446.3.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:227C1101-B5EC-48C7-8780-BEEBA6D5AE06
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scientific name	Timarcha (T.) aurichalcea
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T. (T.) aurichalcea Bechyné, 1948a

Material: 3 ♂: CANTAVIEjA: PUERTO dEL CUARTO PELAdO, 1612M ALT., TERUEL, ARAGÓN, 0 6.05.2000, LEG. J.L. ZApATA (AAC, EPC) ; 1 ♂: Puerto de Linares, 1665m alt., Teruel , Aragón, 0 8.05.1998, leg. J.L. Zapata (AAC) ; 3 ♂: Puerto de Piqueras, 1713m alt., Soria , Castilla-León, 0 3.06.1993, leg. A. Anichtchenko (AAC) ; 1 ♂: Puerto del Portillo, 1778 m alt., Teruel , Aragón, 21.05.2006, leg. A. Anichtchenko (AAC) ; 1 ♂: Tragacete, Cuenca, Castilla-La MANCHA, 0 5.07.1995, LEG. E. PETITpIERRE (EPC).

Description: BOdY WITH BLACK METALLIC SHEEN ON UppER SIdE ANd pRONOTUM VERY fINELY ANd UNIfORMLY pUNCTATE. DISTRIBUTEd IN SEVERAL MOUNTAINS Of CENTRAL ANd EASTERN SpAIN. ENdOpHALLUS ( fIGS 28A, B, C View FIGURES 26–28 ) WITH VERY ENLARGEd ApICAL pART, BENT AT RIGHT ANGLE dORSALLY AS IN T. fallax , BUT EASILY dISTINGUISHABLE BY THE LONG DA pROTUBERANCES ANd THE LOW LARGE ANd fUSEd ONES. MANUBRIUM dIVIdEd IN TWO NARROW ANd fILIfORM HALVES, ANd fLAGELLUM WIdENEd MEdIALLY.