Timarcha goettingensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 371

“ T. goettingensis ”— group

Diagnosis: WE NAMEd THIS GROUp (PETITpIERRE 1970A), fOR A COMpLEX Of ALLOpATRIC TAXA RESEMBLING TO THE EUROpEAN SpECIES T. goettingensis (LINNAEUS, 1758), WITH SMALL OR MEdIUM SIZEd BOdY, pRONOTUM WITH STRAIGHT OR ROUNd SIdES, MESOVENTRITE SHORT, RAISEd OR ALMOST fLAT BUT GENERALLY NON-fORKEd, ANd ELYTRA dENSELY pUNCTUREd OR EVEN WITH COARSE pUNCTURES ANd WRINKLEd. THIS COMpLEX, pROBABLY INCLUdING AT LEAST NINE Of THE 28 GROUpS Of BECHYNÉ (1948A), WAS fIRST SUBSTANTIATEd BASEd ON SIMILAR AdULT AppEARANCE ANd KARYOTYpES (PETITpIERRE 1970B, 1976; GÓMEZ-ZURITA et al. 2004), ANd LATER ON WITH MITOCHONdRIAL ANd NUCLEAR pHYLOGENIES (GÓMEZ-ZURITA et al. 2000A, 2000B, 2000C; GÓMEZ-ZURITA & VOGLER 2003; GÓMEZ-ZURITA 2004, 2008). ALTHOUGH MANY Of THESE SpECIES HAVE SHOWN SIMILAR OR IdENTICAL ENdOpHALLI, A fEW OTHERS HAVE dISpLAYEd HIGHLY dIVERGENT STRUCTURES.