Timarcha goettingensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Timarcha goettingensis (Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle)
Genus	Timarcha (bloody-nosed beetles)
Subfamily	CHRYSOMELINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Timarcha goettingensis is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Chrysomelidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Timarcha goettingensis (Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle) :
1: Timarcha goettingensis (Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle)
23 Mar 2014	OSGR: SU00	50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
2, on ground

2: Timarcha goettingensis (Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle)
21 Oct 2008	OSGR: ST35	51° 20’ N, 2° 50’ W	Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6)	England


3: Timarcha goettingensis (Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle)
24 Apr 2003	OSGR: SY67	50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England


4: Timarcha goettingensis (Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle)
13 May 1978	OSGR: SU73	51° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W	Vice County: North Hants (VC 12)	England
Mating pair

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cox, M.L.	2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

Timarcha goettingensis (Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Timarcha goettingensis (Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Timarcha goettingensis (Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Timarcha goettingensis is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)