Timarcha, Petitpierre & Anichtchenko, 2018

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 : 364

Subgenus Timarcha s. str.

Type species: T. laevigata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Description: SEXUAL dIMORpHISM CLEARLY pRONOUNCEd IN BOdY SIZE ANd TARSAL STRUCTURE, THICKER IN MALES. UppER SIdE USUALLY BLACK, LESS OfTEN BRONZY, ANd RARELY BLUISH, dARK VIOLET OR GREEN. PRONOTUM WITH MARGINAL RIdGES EXCEpT IN A fEW SpECIES. MESOVENTRITE NARROW ANd BULGY, MORE OR LESS pROTUBERANT. AEdEAGUS WITH A SHORT OR VERY SHORT ApICAL pART Of TEGMEN. THIS SUBGENUS INCLUdES ALSO THE CURRENTLY INVALId SUBGENUS Timarchostoma MOTSCHULSKY, 1860, dESCRIBEd ON THE BASIS Of A LONGER MARGINAL RIdGE Of ELYTRA ANd MId-TIBIA Of MALES LONGER THAN CORRESpONdING TARSI, WHICH CANNOT BE SUBSTANTIATEd NEITHER ON OTHER MORpHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS NOR ON THE RESULTS fROM DNA-BASEd pHYLOGENIES (GÓMEZ-ZURITA 2004).