Timarcha 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 : 378-379

“ T. hispanica ”— group

Description: BOdY ROUNdISH OR OVAL. PRONOTUM WITH SLIGHTLY CURVEd SIdES ANd COVEREd WITH dENSE, STRONG OR

MOdERATE pUNCTURES. MESOVENTRITE fORKEd. ELYTRA WITH STRONG BUT dISpERSE pUNCTURES OR WRINKLEd WITH fURROWS SEpARATING RUGOSITIES. THE GROUp IS COMpOSEd Of fEW ENdEMIC SpECIES fROM THE IBERIAN PENINSULA. IT IS THE SISTER GROUp TO THE T. goettingensis COMpLEX BASEd ON THE MOLECULAR pHYLOGENY Of Timarcha (GÓMEZ-ZURITA 2004).