Timarcha calceata

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 : 370

“ T. calceata ”— group

Description: IN THIS MONOTYpIC GROUp, T. calceata IS EASILY RECOGNIZEd BY THE VIVId REd COLOUR Of THEIR fEMORA MEdIALLY ANd TIBIAE. BOdY Of SMALL–MEdIUM SIZE (10.0–12.0 MM.) WITH BRIGHT BLACK UppER SIdE, A HEART-SHApEd pRONOTUM COVEREd WITH A STRONG pUNCTUATION, MESOVENTRITE SHORT, NOTABLY fORKEd, ANd ELYTRA WITH dENSE ANd COARSE pUNCTURES. ENdEMIC SpECIES Of THE IBERIAN NORTHWESTERN AREA MOSTLY.