Longitarsus monticola Kutschera 1863

Farina, Laura, 2021, Notes on Longitarsus aphthonoides Weise 1887 and on the species groups of L. lateripunctatus (Rosenhauer 1856) and L. curtus (Allard 1860) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), Natural History Sciences 8 (2), pp. 11-34 : 24

Longitarsus monticola Kutschera 1863 (Fig. 7) and Longitarsus curtus ( Allard 1860) (Fig. 8)

L. monticola was originally described on a few specimens from Styria. Kutschera (1863: 294) reported apterism and colour differences against L. curtus . Later on, most authors considered monticola as a variety or a subspecies of curtus . First Doguet (1984: 302-303; 1994: 289-293) in careful studies of both species reported significant differences in the habitus and shape of genitalia. Döberl (1994: 110; 1995: 40-41) considered these two taxa as valid species reporting diagnostic characters based on a substantial sample.